Sculpture of Edmonia Lewis and Mexico Arts There are two topics. There is no minimum word limit. Please cite your sources in your answer. I put the complet

Sculpture of Edmonia Lewis and Mexico Arts There are two topics. There is no minimum word limit. Please cite your sources in your answer. I put the complete questions in the document. Question a:
One of Edmonia Lewis’ most famous sculptures is Forever Free from 1867. Feel free to
discuss this sculpture OR add other examples of her art.
In what ways can we analyze the depiction of race and/or gender in the art of Edmonia
Lewis?
Other questions to consider:
Where does the title of the sculpture come from?
What aspects of the sculpture express the theme of Forever Free?
Can you think of other works of art with a similar theme?
Question b:
In the 19th century, the United States expanded rapidly in population – through large
families, immigration, and (initially) importation of African slaves. It also expanded
rapidly in territory – through purchases, annexations, wars, and treaties. These changes
led to a country with one of the most diverse populations in the world, but with
government policies such as Jim Crow laws, Indian boarding schools, Exclusion acts,
etc. that functioned to maintain a culture with a widespread belief in the necessity of
conforming to the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon culture.
That tension between assimilation and identification with diverse cultural roots continues
today in the U.S. and elsewhere. A few years ago, Absolut Vodka ran an ad in Mexican
media that caused an uproar with some people in the United States.
It depicted a map of North America with Mexico’s boundaries restored to those prior to
the Mexican-American War. There are some opponents of increased immigration that
believe that there is a deliberate strategy for Mexican immigrants to take over the
Southwest. In 2010, Arizona’s controversial AB 1070 law was in part a reaction to the
stresses of a large unassimilated immigrant population. In the years that followed, some
other states passed similar laws. Now the Trump administration is planning the building
of a wall to separate Mexico from the U.S.
What are the relative merits of assimilation and diversity?

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