bell hooks, whose booty is this? from mpalacioart on Vimeo. Who is bell hooks Bell Hooks, if you don’t know who she is you should. Her writings cover topics containing: art, sex, lots of pussy and booty, dicks, abuse, gender, race, patriarchy, capitalism, and all contemporary culture. Especially from the […]
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While I was reading Dee Barnes article in Gawker about F. Gary Gray’s just-released film about N.W.A, “Straight Outta Compton”. “What’s Missing From Straight Outta Compton: Me and the Other Women Dr. Dre Beat Up,” Dee Barnes’s painful admission. The similarities with Michele’s Wallace book “The Black Macho and the […]
THE BLACK MAN’S REVOLUTION Looking back with MICHEL WALLACE’S brilliant book “Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman.” BE YOURSELF Black man designation, what does it means to be yourself? It sounds like an easy thing to do, but in reality, it’s a lot harder than it sounds. It’s […]
Hail King Kincaid by Manuel Palacio Hail King Kincaid, for she is ferocious uncompromising honest and brave. Jamaica Kincaid spends a lot of her time dispensing what a critic so accurately put, awful truths; truths people spend a lot of time trying not to acknowledge. Understanding this Jamaica Kincaid takes […]
Hell no I will not sign a petition, to ban this piece from the Barbican Gallery, this piece of art is doing what it suppose to do. Start a dialogue. Make up your minds. Contemplate your sins. Especially with the people who disagrees with the point of view of the […]
What do you know about Bermuda’s History? Is a question Bermudians ask when I make political commentary? For if I did know anything about Bermuda’s history; I would not have painted The PLP as white peoples or say those things about Dr. Brown. Further, Itis clear that you don’t know your […]
Black apartheid again, this blog came about when I was watching the news. Garry Moreno went into a clip of the former Premier’s speech. I was amazed; I could not stop looking at the TV. Everyone around me got quiet. Children were to “shush be, quiet!” You could see the […]
The Trouble with Calling it Black Art This is a great article, starting with its insightful title: The Trouble with calling it, Black Art, Well, for me it is. I come to believe that we are doing our self a disservice by labeling our self-black arts or black- anything. It […]
Jamaica Kincaid Lucy by artist Manuel Palacio There’re a few books that I can think of that had a profound impact on me. Zami by Audre Lorde, I read it in my early thirties when I had a strong belief in the power of my manhood, although I would not […]
The Brilliant Toni Morrison I saw this post and was amazed at the genius of Toni Morrison, again. On May 30, 1975, the author and intellectual Toni Morrison visited Portland State University and gave a speech, followed by a Q+A with a panel of academics. That speech was recently uncovered […]
Black Identity I first saw Ta-Nehisi Coats on a YouTube interview with professor Barbara Fields; discussing her brilliant book “Racecraft” he was humble. He understood the premise of Professor Fields book: the practice of racism produces the illusion of race. Now, to how I feel about the article “The Case […]
A Subtlety A Subtlety, by Kara Walker, is an incredible piece of sculpture. I, for one, I’m always impressed by the size. Every time I look at the Statue of Liberty, I’m amazed at its proportion. And so is Karas’ “A Subtlety,” it has a beautiful balance; and Kara Walkers’ […]
