Several hundred American artists are protesting the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) demand to restrict funding for programs promoting diversity and gender issues. The group includes prominent figures such as Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights and Holly Hughes, a historical figure involved in past culture wars. They argue the new restrictions reflect a troubling trend toward censorship and authoritarianism, emphasizing the importance of diversity in art. The artists' letter to the NEA urges a reversal of the policy, contending that such measures undermine their values and deny support to marginalized artists.
These funding restrictions are a good barometer for who is the easy punching bag in American culture at the moment.
Abandoning our values is wrong, and it won't protect us. Obedience in advance only feeds authoritarianism.
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