Contemporary Connection: Injunuity and The Destruction Assyrian Relics

This is a bit on the extreme end but this shows how a group of people have no respect for another’s culture. This article shows Islamic militants destroying Assyrian relics from the old world with no respect for its origins. This outrage was used to bring up a debate that artifacts shouldn't be distributed, and if American museums should return Muslim art to its originated birthplace. The two sides of the argument are that the artifacts and art are theirs and belong in their cultural, and the other argument is what James Cuno believes which is “important antiquities should be treated as the common property of mankind”. I can understand the reasoning on both sides. I realize that the artifacts weren't originated here and are not a part of America’s personal culture, but I do believe that having this art in our museums is good because as a people it is important for us to stay educated with other cultures and learn about people that are different from ourselves so we are more aware of the things that inhabit our world instead of staying in a bubble which many do. This can be related to Injunuity because in it we talked about how a culture wasn't talked about enough, and here we have a culture that is trying to be taken away from our museums because it is said it is not “ours”, but I believe culture is something that should be shared and not just remain in one place because if it did we would be more ignorant than we already are.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/arts/design/islamic-state-destruction-renews-debate-over-repatriation-of-antiquities.html