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May 9, 2016

Activists Protest "Displacement from Brooklyn to Palestine" Inside Brooklyn Museum
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In New York, more than 150 activists gathered at the Brooklyn Museum to
protest a photography exhibition they say normalizes the Israeli
occupation of Palestinian territories. The protesters say the
exhibition, entitled "This Place," is backed by funders who also support
the Israeli military. The action also targeted the museum's role in
gentrification and displacement of people of color in Brooklyn.
Protesters draped banners that read "decolonize this place" and
"displacement destroys culture," and affixed new labels to photographs
with the indigenous Arabic names of locations. Amin Husain spoke out
inside the museum before being escorted away.

Amin Husain: [using human microphone] "The days in which art and artists
are instrumentalized to normalize oppression, displacement and
dispossession of any people are over. We are watching you."

Topics:New York

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