Richard Serra - Literal
Richard Serra - Literal
Richard Serra - Literal
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sulmanes esclavizan a niños pequeños? “Ella vive en<br />
Occidente”, protestan. ¿Será porque vivo en Canadá<br />
que trabajadores cristianos humanitarios son asesinados<br />
en lugares como Saudi Arabia? En pocas palabras,<br />
¿si yo desapareciera de la escena, estas exhibiciones de<br />
violencia religiosa desaparecerían mágicamente? ¿En<br />
verdad tengo ese poder?<br />
Los primeros disidentes en el Islam surgieron hace<br />
menos de cien años después de que la religión fue<br />
establecida. Estos disidentes eran hombres, árabes y<br />
heterosexuales. Aun así ¡fueron acusados de ser sobornados<br />
por los judíos! Mi punto es que, cuando la gente<br />
no quiere enfrentar los hechos buscará cualquier arma<br />
de distracción masiva. No me engañan estas tácticas y<br />
tampoco a los musulmanes que escriben para darme<br />
apoyo.<br />
10 4 L ITERAL. LATIN AMERICAN VOICES • FALL, 2007<br />
“She is a lesbian,” they huff. Is because I am a lesbian<br />
that in Mali and Mauritania, little boys are hustled<br />
into slavery by Muslims? “She lives in the West,” they<br />
protest. Is it because I live in Canada that Christian<br />
humanitarian workers are shot point-blank in places<br />
like Saudi Arabia? In short, if I exited the scene, would<br />
these and other displays of religious violence magically<br />
disappear? Do I really have all that power?<br />
The fi rst dissidents in Islam emerged less than a<br />
hundred years after the religion was established. These<br />
dissidents were male, Arab and heterosexual. Yet they<br />
were still accused of being in the pay of the Jews! My<br />
point is, when people do not want to confront the<br />
facts, they will reach for any weapon of mass distraction.<br />
I am not fooled by these tactics and neither are<br />
the many Muslims writing to me in support.<br />
Turkey. Pen box with hinged inkwell, inscribed with a prayer in the form of the tugra and the phrase “He [God] is” (huwa). c. 1850 Steel overlaid with silver and gold.Private<br />
Collection