Eric J. Garcia
Known for mixing history and culture with contemporary themes, Eric J. Garcia always tries to create art that is much more than just aesthetics. Born and raised in Albuquerque’s South Valley, Garcia earned his BFA from the University of New Mexico and went on to get his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. You can follow him on Twitter @garciaink or friend him on Facebook.
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Sometimes when a street-corner proselytizer would try converting me, I used to tell them I considered myself a “cristian-with-a-small-C” because I follow the teachings of Jesus. The answer was always that a “Christian” is a person who accepts “Jesus as the son of god”. To many “born-again” it seems that doing good works isn’t a requirement for being a “Christian.”
I consider those people to be hypocrites and blasphemers. Your illustration shows this very well.
All the border hysteria versus the “Inscription on the Statue of Liberty”:
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearning to breath free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
Author: Emma Lazarus
Why is being a Christian considered good? What about Jews, Muslims, Buddhist, etc?
The title reflects the racism and bias that permeates society.
I perceive that the illustration is getting to the greatest core problem of the Republican party. Even though it may have others from other “faiths” (or lack thereof), the majority and sentiment demonstrated is “Christian” in mood and deed and is being called out for their hypocrisy. Apparently, do as I say and not do, is the catch phrase of the R party. Spot on in my realm!
spot on. Too bad these cartoons (I imagine) come so easily.