Philadelphia Printworks
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"Black people can’t talk to white people about race anymore. There’s really nothing left to say. There are libraries full of books, interviews, essays, lectures, and symposia. If people want to learn about their own country and its history, it is not incumbent on black people to talk to them about it. It is not our responsibility to educate them about it. Plus whenever white people want to talk about race, they never want to talk about themselves. There needs to be discussion among people who think of themselves as white. They need to unpack that language, that history, that social position and see what it really offers them, and what it takes away from them. As James Baldwin said, ‘As long as you think that you are white, there is no hope for you.’"
— Steve Locke (via blackcontemporaryart)
Sasha Fusini
Edward Said Installation, 2014This neon spells out a quotation from the Palestinian intellectual Edward Said: “Modern western culture is in large part the work of exiles, émigrés, refugees.” It works well with a simple script and powerful message, framed against a black wall - A great use of neon as a material. It seems appropriate to post during the ongoing debate on Australia’s immigration policy. The wall text credits the artwork to Anonymous.
(via cyborges)
"are they white?"
— poc proverb, used when hearing about someone who did something fucked up (via coconutcafe)
(via punirs)
Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The “post-black” artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race and culture – and about the meaning of art itself.
We MUST acknowledge that we are a work in progress; we both challenge the oppressive systems and collude in them simultaneously. At every step we have to understand that we are not the authorities, but facilitators of dynamic conversations. And we will often fall short. We are at times engaging from places with tremendous hurt and an abundance of privilege. It makes sense that we have off moments or are flat out missing something because of our privilege.
