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The American Library
Read more: The American LibraryDebuting at Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, July 14 – September 30 for FRONTart 2018 is ‘The American Library’ by Yinka Shonibare MBE, a celebration of the diversity of the American population. It aims to be an instigator of discovery…
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K-Pop Fans Flood Dallas PD’s App to Help Protect BLM Protesters
Read more: K-Pop Fans Flood Dallas PD’s App to Help Protect BLM ProtestersEarly Sunday morning, the Dallas Police Department’s Twitter account tweeted for followers to download its iWatch Dallas app and share videos “of illegal activity from the protests.” The police are looking to arrest lawbreakers at weekend demonstrations decrying police violence…
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The Dance Union
Read more: The Dance UnionThrough their podcast, The Dance Union, Melanie Greene and J. Bouey have been confronting racism in the dance world, and highlighting the experiences of Black artists, since 2018. Their episodes cover a variety of topics and issues, ranging from mental…
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Brown Ballerinas for Change
Read more: Brown Ballerinas for ChangeDuring the Black Lives Matter protests in Richmond, VA, the two fourteen-year-olds posed in a powerful photo in front of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s statue. Ava had originally arranged an appointment with photographer Marcus Ingram, but as she and…
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Flower People
Read more: Flower People“As a Black woman, I can grow absolutely anywhere,” Aiyanna explains. “I can adapt to any storm, any weather, any changes. In the Black community, that’s something that we’re really good at.” So when Aiyanna, 25, was asked to contribute…
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Fashion in Action
Read more: Fashion in ActionOn the opening day of the Spring/Summer 2011’s season of Mercedes Benz’s New York Fashion Week, former fashion editor, speaker, and fashion activist Michaela Angela Davis led a protest of approximately 20 black women, dressed in black suits, carrying signs…
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‘I am not your scapegoat’: See the art created by Asian Americans in a year of anti-Asian hate
Read more: ‘I am not your scapegoat’: See the art created by Asian Americans in a year of anti-Asian hateIn mid-November, the nonprofit group Asian American Federation released 10 travel posters designed to subvert a question that can instantly get under the skin of any person of Asian descent in the United States: “Where are you really from?” At…
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The Color of Reality
Read more: The Color of RealityTransfixed by racial, political, and socioeconomic tensions saturating the news, movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck, enveloped by the art of Alexa Meade, switch off the TV and release their emotion into a stirring dance that is both a…
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Untitled – Ongoing series
Read more: Untitled – Ongoing seriesSarcastic delivery spoken to black people talking about issues regarding black “progress” , media, consumption among other things https://www.instagram.com/jillisblack/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb3Y-bQFc2a/?hl=en&taken-by=jillisblack External sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYJs31VFV9G/?hl=en&taken-by=jillisblack https://www.instagram.com/jillisblack/?hl=en
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STYLELIKEU
Read more: STYLELIKEUElisa and Lily chose to create StyleLikeU as an alternative to this disempowering status quo. In 2009, the duo picked up a home video camera and launched their “Closet” series, documenting diverse individuals who were challenging fashion industry norms in…