In the fall of 2021, the artist Xaviera Simmons, who is a friend, called me to invite me to collaborate on an article about race as part of a magazine issue she was guest editing in conjunction with Art Basel Miami.
such a complex issue, irresolvable, perhaps, as the definitions shift with time and geography, with gender and class also critical in an evaluation, and then, the question, to what end? Certainly to acknowledge the experience of others and of the totality, and perhaps to garner greater nuance of understanding of these issues, one hopes...
Thank you for this interesting discussion on a different side of the topic of race. When one group dominates other groups—a very human tendency—a set of inescapable repercussions is created, extending seemingly forever into the future in a myriad of ways.
One of the many unintended repercussions brought about by colonial domination and white supremist ideology is that now in places like the United States white men feel as marginalized, othered and attacked as black men. when we stand on others to get ahead we end up in their place when their back gives out.
such a complex issue, irresolvable, perhaps, as the definitions shift with time and geography, with gender and class also critical in an evaluation, and then, the question, to what end? Certainly to acknowledge the experience of others and of the totality, and perhaps to garner greater nuance of understanding of these issues, one hopes...
Thank you for this interesting discussion on a different side of the topic of race. When one group dominates other groups—a very human tendency—a set of inescapable repercussions is created, extending seemingly forever into the future in a myriad of ways.
One of the many unintended repercussions brought about by colonial domination and white supremist ideology is that now in places like the United States white men feel as marginalized, othered and attacked as black men. when we stand on others to get ahead we end up in their place when their back gives out.