Animal Collective have sent a newsletter to fans addressing racist connotations of some of their older work.The experimental Brooklyn group promised to change the album artwork of their 2006 ‘People’ EP, labelling it a “racist stereotype”, and the title of their 2003 album ‘Here Comes The Indian’.
The artwork for the ‘People’ EP is a cartoon depiction of a black nanny with two white children, identified as an offensive “mammy” US stereotype, rooted in slavery.“There is no way to excuse using a “mammy” on our artwork, and so we have decided to remove it,” Animal Collective wrote.“We understand now that using a racist stereotype at all causes more damage than an explanation can repair, and we apologize.
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