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racism
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No More War!
Read more: No More War!I will create a series of paintings with acrylics on canvas size 15″ x 19″. The subject of my art works will be the futility and immorality of modern warfare. External sources:
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Inside Out Project
Read more: Inside Out ProjectAfter winning the TED Prize on March 2, 2011, the French-artist JR launched the Inside Out Project, in his first TED Talk. Using his own artistic practice as inspiration, this participatory platform helps individuals and communities to make a statement…
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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 History of Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” as a Protest Song
Read more: The History of Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” as a Protest SongYou could hear their chants from the White House. On June 6, hundreds of activists and protesters gathered on Black Lives Matter Plaza, a two-block section on 16th Street in Washington D.C. that was renamed amid BLM protests. The large…
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Trayvon Martin’s Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian Exhibit
Read more: Trayvon Martin’s Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian ExhibitA new exhibition titled “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” will debut at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to examine Afrofuturist expression and culture as it relates to music, activism, art, and more. “From the…
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3/Fifths’ Supremacyland
Read more: 3/Fifths’ Supremacyland”Four theatrical spaces and the full inventory of of 3LD Art & Technology Center were enlisted in the transformation of the space into SupremacyLand, a dystopian theme park where white supremacy and racist carnage was raised and twisted into totally…
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Freedom riders
Read more: Freedom ridersThe first legislative victory of the Civil Rights era was obtained by hundreds of people going where they weren’t invited. In 1961, Black and white Freedom Riders, well trained by SNCC in nonviolent action, rode Greyhound buses from Washington DC…
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Professor tracks rise in racism linked to pandemic
Read more: Professor tracks rise in racism linked to pandemicResearch from Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies Russell Jeung spurs launch of online reporting center to document COVID-19 discrimination. As the coronavirus spreads globally, San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Professor and Chair Russell Jeung is tracking…
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#HateIsAVirus
Read more: #HateIsAVirusActivists fighting coronavirus-driven hate crimes are rallying on social media to turn masks into a symbol, rather than a target in racist attacks Jeff Elder Apr 6, 2020, 2:03 PM Activists against COVID-19-related hate crimes are leading a social media…
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I Paint, I Protest: Mary Perry Stone
Read more: I Paint, I Protest: Mary Perry StoneVideo of Mary Perry Stone’s social protest art created in the 1960s . Civil Rights, and the Vietnam War were her subjects. Mary never stopped being an activist and a few of her later works are also in the video.…