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Jul 25, 2020
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Media: Oil gessoboard
Size: 8x8 in
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At 21 years Rigoberta was forced into exile because of her powerful voice spoken against genocide by the government of Guatemala towards the indigenous people. Her father, mother and brother were killed for their resistance of the persistent decimation of their people and their way of life. What I have come to think about and question from her writings is the extermination and suppression of indigenous people throughout the Americas and beyond. Why did those European countries think they had the right to dominate other lands and people? A simple answer may be religion and its belief that all people should follow their supposed superior ideology. Another answer is the greed for the land and mineral resources. It is surely more complicated than that. Killing over 200,000 Guatemalan women, men and children and leaving the rest in severe poverty can not be done by one person alone. It takes many more people in complicity to commit these atrocities. While in exile, Rigoberta wrote the book “I, Rigoberta Menchu” which drew the worlds attention to her country’s injustices. In 1992 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work seeking social justice for her indigenous people. I surrounded Rigoberta with the colorful hint of huipil clothing of her culture. At 21 years Rigoberta was forced into exile because of her powerful voice spoken against genocide by the government of Guatemala towards the indigenous people. Her father, mother and brother were killed for their resistance of the persistent decimation of their people and their way of life. What I have come to think about and question from her writings is the extermination and suppression of indigenous people throughout the Americas and beyond. Why did those European countries think they had the right to dominate other lands and people? A simple answer may be religion and its belief that all people should follow their supposed superior ideology. Another answer is the greed for the land and mineral resources. It is surely more complicated than that. Killing over 200,000 Guatemalan women, men and children and leaving the rest in severe poverty can not be done by one person alone. It takes many more people in complicity to commit these atrocities. While in exile, Rigoberta wrote the book “I, Rigoberta Menchu” which drew the worlds attention to her country’s injustices. In 1992 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work seeking social justice for her indigenous people. I surrounded Rigoberta with the colorful hint of huipil clothing of her culture. |
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