A haunting and revealing series of photographs are to go on show in south London, demonstrating the sad
history of racial violence in our supposedly «civilised» society.
There will be occasional
outbursts of racial violence in which both groups are involved, but the great discipline of the Negro middle classes in events of the last decade suggests that violence will be a consequence of police activity or inactivity rather than a consequence of policy decisions by the «respectable middle classes.»
director Travis Wilkerson dissects an
act of racial violence in his family's past — and the systemic racism that endures today.
Drawing on Negro Spirituals that call for the end times, what Lamar calls Doom Spirituals, this installation at ONE Archives exhumes
legacies of racial violence while longing for the forthcoming destruction of white supremacy
There are a few beautiful portraits that address the legacy
of racial violence by Dawoud Bey (plus, speaking of tension, one of President Obama), two elegant works by the late, great Pictures Generation artist Sarah Charlesworth, a lone Gretchen Bender (lovingly remade by Phillip Vanderhyden).
Dimon himself has been involved in advocating change, though he was part of the business advisory panel for Trump that was abandoned in the
wake of the racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Remnick's thesis is that the
outpouring of racial violence in the heart of the Deep South galvanised the civil rights movement and the nation outside the south and led to the momentous 1965 Voting Rights Act, which ensured that African - Americans in the south got the vote.
«The evils of racism, the evils of poverty, the inexcusable reality that our educational system fails our children, the concentration of wealth in the hands of too few, and the experience of deprivation in the lives of too many,» he said, alluding to the outbursts
of racial violence following the deaths of black men at the hands of police in Ferguson, Mo. and Baltimore.
In Black Panther, Wakanda is a state separate from the world, untouched by the long historic
lash of racial violence; one that celebrates its independence and looks out at the remainder of the world with grieving pause.
But Clooney's heart is on his sleeve as usual, and surrounding a
tale of racial violence with such kitsch and exaggerated satire brings a danger of condescension that the film keeps at arm's length through a commitment to its long game.
The «war on terror» is a misnomer because the vast majority of Americans don't live in terror of a foreign enemy; Americans of color, though, have always lived and still live in
terror of racial violence, some of it from our own government (i.e. police).
But in the space of a day, marauding whites would «take back» Colfax in one of the deadliest
cases of racial violence in the South.
A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia, and a harrowing testament to the deep
roots of racial violence in America.
National Book Award finalist Patrick Phillips tells Forsyth's tragic story in vivid detail and traces its long history
of racial violence all the way back to antebellum Georgia.
Originally a photographer and self - described «visual culture archaeologist,» Hank Willis Thomas confronts the
realities of racial violence in the United States by revisiting horrors that have become obfuscated with time.
At the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Philadelphia, and MoMA PS1 in New York, McMillian's shows laid bare the
complexities of racial violence and injustice in the United States.
One of the best moments is an onslaught of sculpture by three artists made from found objects: Terry Adkins's combinations of musical instruments shine, and Melvin Edwards's small clenched welded - steel wall sculptures, made from bits of chain and tools, dominate, raising the troubling history
of racial violence despite their beauty.
These protests stand in direct parallel to the Black Lives Matter movement in arguing for recognition of the institutional and systemic
nature of racial violence in the US.
Given the current
visibility of racial violence and rampant xenophobia, there is no better time than this coming year to advance a more diversified history and future for art.»
While we fully support and recognize the considerable value in these courses of action, we also believe that Marriage and Family Therapists have a direct responsibility to counter racism by better serving the individuals, couples, and families who present for our help — Clients who may not have experienced overt
acts of racial violence, but are assaulted by the quiet, covert ways that racism and white privilege exist within and impact their lives and relationships.
It explores the
subject of racial violence and intimidation, incorporating imagery based on the memorial carving of Confederate leaders at Georgia's Stone Mountain into a disturbing composition of silhouetted figures.
«Through her monumental paintings, Abney gives us the chance to have a meaningful conversation about
issues of racial violence and social justice.»