Kehinde Wiley's paintings (and their subsequent public response) can be seen as illustrating [[liberal hypocrisy]] in at least two different ways. For one, they show the mainstream media's willingness to ignore blatant racism (the "kill whitey" paintings) when it doesn't help to further their agenda, and they also showcase a willingness to ignore what would have otherwise been considered "[[cultural appropriation]]" (Wiley's depictions of people of other cultures and ethnicities as conforming to his own, as in the case of the Napoleon painting).
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Kehinde Wiley's paintings (and their subsequent public response) can be seen as illustrating [[liberal hypocrisy]] in at least two different ways. For one, they show the mainstream media's willingness to ignore blatant racism (the "kill whitey" paintings) when it doesn't help to further their agenda, and they also showcase a willingness to ignore what would have otherwise been considered "[[cultural appropriation]]" (Wiley's revisionist depictions of people of other cultures and ethnicities as conforming to his own, as in the case of the Napoleon painting).