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Decision to Lighten Skin of Children Depicted in Mural Reversed

A mural created to depict current students at Miller Valley Elementary School in Prescott, Arizona became the center of controversy when school officials asked the artists to lighten the skin color of the Hispanic children it depicted. School officials denied any racial motivation behind their decision and claimed "artistic" reasons for the change. The story took a turn for the best when dozens of people protested the school board's decision to alter the original painting with light-skinned children. The decision was reversed on June 5 and the mural will be restored back to its ethnically correct state. Click here to read more.
 
 



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