The façade of the Sursock Museum in Beirut on August 5, 2020.
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Lecturers Boycott Oxford Over Cecil Rhodes Statue – More than 150 lecturers have reportedly refused to teach students at Oriel College in Oxford, U.K., after Oxford University made the decision not to remove a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. A governing body for the college said the time and cost were “considerable obstacles” in the removal of the statue, but opponents say its presence promotes institutional racism. (
Columbus Alive
In February of 2020, Don “DonCee” Coulter drove to New York City, where the Westbeth Gallery included his fabric work in a group show, “The Gold Standard of Textile and Fiber Art.” Coulter got to the gallery’s address an hour early for his artist talk and pulled into a nearby parking garage. The attendant was like, ‘I don t think you want to do this.’ I m like, ‘What are you talking about? I need to park.’ He was like, ‘It’s $55 an hour,’” said Coulter, who looked around and saw rows of luxury cars. “He was like, ‘Hurry up and back up before somebody comes in.’”