Still Dope Boi FRESH tho
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“As a black artist, the expectation of what you should be doing is always programmed for you regardless. There is a tendency to try to cubbyhole you that exists across the board in the art world… I’ve always done exactly what I wanted to do, regardless of what was out there. I just stuck to that principle and I’m a much happier person as a result. And I can’t imagine trying to satisfy any particular audience”
Lorna Simson
Waterbearer
1986
gelatin silver print, vinyl lettering
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“When we address “the race issue”…without recognizing that whiteness is an irrational blueprint for all that is acceptable and valuable then, despite our good intentions, we are merely reproducing the same systems of racism and white supremacy that have led us to our present existence. The approaches that we have taken thus far to address racism leave us wanting because our efforts inherently protect the value of the currency of whiteness. Without changing that fact and constructing systems of living and governance where one’s skin color is no longer an everlasting source of privilege and potential, future generations of well-intentioned, progressive young people will continue to seek answers to the wrong question.” — Bryan Carter - “The Default Human: Challenging the Limitless Currency of Whiteness and the Public Discourse of ‘The Race Issue’” (via sonofafieldnegro)Interesting
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I was reading somewhere
How ruby (Chris Tucker) from the Fitch element is a representation of black masculinity in the future but its actually a vision from the past. Black men have always been relatively feminine. Arab and European explorers have always made mention of it in their travelogues. It wasn’t until we adapted their cultures did we become hyper masculine and mostly to be used to their advantage and our disadvantage.
Interesting thought
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Hahahaha! Oops. Awkward.
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I think Black people are not afforded the luxury of existing without being pigeonholed into an aggressive state of being. Many times Black people are displayed as hyper-aggressive and because of this display we create a mentality that were stuck with hyper-aggressiveness.
That isn’t to say that being strong, tough, or aggressive are bad things, they come with our survival. But the vulnerability pain, and gentleness that Black people reveal are not present many times in the media or even in our homes. The luxury of intimacy with other people is so small in comparison to the thousands of images of us being strong and “animalistic” (by intimacy I mean without guards, barriers, being invested with other people without a facade to what you are or layers you create.)
Similar to the phrase ”carefree black girls and boys”, I wanted to give a safe space to vulnerablity of Blackness to be on display
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Genteel, Romanctic, Poetic, Ethereal, intimate and vulnerable imagery of Black people.
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2. Men by Eric Nehr | Under The Influence Magazine | Source
4. Solange Knowles by Dominic Hayden-Route for Oyster Magazine | Source
Signal booossttt ??
Yes.
Genteel.
A word never used for Black people.
We need this
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“With These Hands”, ink on paper by Los Angeles artist Michelle Robinson…Prints available at www.create-ture.com
