Those who are asking for reparations are slaves who want to gain at the expense of others. They want to live as slaves. It’s embarrassing to see young black-folks walking with pride, black power symbol raised high, asking white-folks for reparations. They’re claiming that it’s the sweat of their black […]
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APRIL 6, 2017 BY GWENN SEEMEL Discrimination—it happens in every field and can take many forms. In the art industry, it’s the curator who leans in and says he really enjoys working with “cute little artist chicks like you.” Or the head of the arts council who asks you […]
Team W.T.E.F. Our team: Ronnie, Biko and I wanted to do a project to celebrate the late great, Arthur Ashe. Ronnie mentioned, that this year in July marks Arthur Ashe’s 75 birthday, the 45th year since he won the tournament in 1973 and the 50th year if the Citi tournament […]
Hunger! I couldn’t wait to read this book. Ever since I read “Bad Feminist” I’ve been waiting. I was hoping to read how or what lead 12-year-old Roxane into a bad situation. Ever since she mentioned that she was raped by a ‘congress’ of baboon she called boys. In “Hunger,” […]
This Is How You Lose Her I was looking for a picture of one of my heroines, Toni Morrison. At the moment it’s Toni and Jamaica Kincaid. They have this voodoo nexus that really impresses me. In their stories, they talk about a future that is revealed sometimes in the […]
“Bootsy” Collins Vs. Jean-Michele Basquiat DEVELOPMENT Robert Hughes Insightful commentary on Basquiat had me thinking a lot. I especially liked what he said, “For the very nature of Basquiat’s success forced him to repeat himself without a chance of development.” And that rings true; Basquiat works’ are brilliant, although they […]
PARADIGM SHIFT Perspective is an amazing thing. You think that you’re true about an issue, and then all of a sudden, a perspective comes along that causes a paradigm shift in your thinking. In comes, Jennifer Clements’s book Widow Basquiat, a very personal accounting of the relationship of her friend […]
AFRICA I always wanted to go to Africa. Like most Afro-Americans, I grew up in an environment idolizing everything, Africa. Once I got there, I realize I Knew nothing about Africa. My maternal grandmother made it clear that everything Africa is best. Granny did not, however, spend time disparaging the […]
Poverty, Inc. is an excellent documentary. Directed by Michael Matheson Miller, it explores some of the inner workings of foreign aid, as well as some of the unintended consequences that come from it: A system that creates wealth for a few NGO’s by creating a living from poverty, although unintentionally. […]
Ain’t I A Woman Ain’t I a Woman from mpalacioart on Vimeo. “Ain’t I a Woman” by bell hooks is a nuclear bomb. There can’t be too many books like it out there. Mind you I haven’t read “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde, which has been on my list to […]
Art On My Mind I didn’t know when it was that I became familiar with my art history “Ancient true Gothic” teacher Frank Russell, at The Maryland Institute of Art, to start questioning the art on my mind. I think I got to a point where I could not find […]
The crucible Why killing Kennedy is a tried and tested American story of power and obfuscation. The heat is intense. You have to wear a shield to keep it from stinging your face. The red is beautiful, bright, inviting. It’s a sight that ‘s hard to ignore like a sunrise, […]
