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Futurism&Abolition

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Josiah Mackey

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Digital Collage

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originally Naomi Campbell for Versace 

edited by Josiah Mackey

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Prison Abolition

’‘It has to do with needing to end it, needing more than temporary answers that always seem limited in addressing the long standing health issues within our community, and knowing there will never be an opportunity as long as prisons stand.’’- Hari Ziyad 

When I was first learning about prison abolition, the one question I had was, what would we do with the violent abusers? Prisons itself are the problem of abuse. We need to fix the problem of abuse and violence in itself, but that will never be possible if prisons are still standing. Prisons, courts, our justice system let a abusers get away with their action, and on the their hand, they inflict more violence and abuse and it becomes a never ending cycle. Being an abolitionist means to uncover and fix these deeper problems in our society, instead of using prison as a short term problem fixer, because as long as prisons are around, there will be no solution to the deeper problems inflicted on our communities. The prison industrial complex itself thrives off of violence, so how do we expect this to be a solution for abuse? 

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Vintage poster of oscar winner Moonlight 2017

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Moonlight depicts the storyline of what it means to be black and queer in a community that suppresses both identities. The journey of self identity and meaning leads to coming to the realization that in order to obtain true to oneself, you must let yourself be free. 

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‘Black lives have always mattered, we have always been important, we have always met suffering, we have always succeeded, regardless. And now is the time. I ain’t waiting. I ain’t waiting.’ John Boyega at The Black Lives Matter protest in Hyde Park June 3rd 2020

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Protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd turn violet in Philadelphia (set 2/2).

Philadelphia, May 30, 2020

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2020. we take the streets in unity of overthrowing the oppression structure of society. A structure that costs the lives of million. A structure that is set up to fail most and protect some. Change starts in the streets. 

[hellyeahanarchistposters]

‘Dismantle Prisons, Abolish ICE’

Poster designed by Art Twink

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NO boarders NO walls NO cells NO lines

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“Afro-Surrealists create sensuous Gods to hunt down beautiful collapsed icons.”

- D. Scott Miller

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-David Alabo Anxiety In Chrome

[tellaman]

The Heat of Royalty

[tellaman]

End SARS

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SARS also known as Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Nigeria is know for the inhumane treatment of citizens from the Nigerian police unit. Continuous Police Brutality has been inflicted upon the Nigerian citizens with torture and killings. If we are fighting the police brutality hear, it would be detrimental if we turned our heads to what is happening in Nigeria. END SARS 

[tellaman]

Bare witness to her Evolution

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Women are the motherland of humanity. 

[musclemikecantprotectya]

This really aired on primetime tv 💅🏾

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Nails art stemmed from black culture in expression of fashion and identity. 

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Bruno Mars / Angela Davis,

Ink on cardboard,

17 x 26 in. (43.2 x 66 cm)

Part of Artfizz ‘Show me the signs” Auction

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Everyone within society will benefit from black women being looked at, treated, and valued equally as everyone else. A win for one is a win for all. 

[ledger-heath]

BEYONCÉ BLACK IS KING (2020)

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Black is King represents the beauty within the African culture; It represents taking back the narrative of what it means to be black, embodying self love and appreciation. Letting it be known that black is beautiful, black is royalty, black is King. Integrated within this film is astonishing visuals, music, fashion, art and dance that captures the essence of the enriched culture stemming from Africa.

 “everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. You need to understand that balance and respect all creatures. From the crawling ant to the leaping antelope ; They are all connected in the circle of life.” -Black is King 

[weirdlandtv]

Afrofuturism. The definition is slippery—it’s basically sci fi and fantasy with obvious African elements. It’s BLACK PANTHER, but also Sun Ra, Basquiat. It’s not blaxploitation though.

From Max Dery’s 1993 article: “African-Americans, in a very real sense, are the descendants of alien abductees: they inhabit a sci-fi nightmare in which unseen but no less impassable force fields of intolerance frustrate their movements; official histories undo what has been done; and technology is too often brought to bear on black bodies (brandings, forced sterilization, the Tuskegee experiment, and tasers come readily to mind).”

(I usually don’t feature photos that show fur products, for obvious reasons, making one tiny exception here though (image 4, by Swiss photographer, Patrizio Di Renzo).)

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Inferiority and priority

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Amiri Baraka is one of the most respected and widely published African-American writers. With the beginning of Black Civil Rights Movements during the sixties, Baraka explored the anger of African-Americans and used his writings as a weapon against racism. 

In 1974, Amiri Baraka coined the term Afro-Surrealism to describe the work of Henry Dumas.