Nat Turner Project: PostScript

An Index

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manuel arturo abreu discusses modernism, violence, reparations, Blackness, and Black art in the context of contemporary art.

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Living with Whiteness: On Jaleesa Johnston’s “Territories of (E/e)nlightenment”

Fingers, hands, and arms of various and rich hues of brown serve as striking points of contrast amongst small squares within squares of…

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Huge shout out to Madison Moore, who put us on to the magic of Robert Hood.

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Alternatives to Alternatives: the Black Grrrls Riot Ignored

Nineties nostalgia has transformed the Riot Grrrl movement from the alternative underground to a mainstream obsession. But just like before, black women are being left out.

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Erykah Badu's second album is dense with ideas and sounds that draw from the past and look toward the future. Released in November 2000, it embodies the millennial tensions of that pivotal year.

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Keeping ‘Insecure’ lit: HBO cinematographer Ava Berkofsky on properly lighting black faces

We spoke with the show's director of photography about how she keeps black beautiful on screen.

Shout out to all the photogs and cinephiles who “don’t see color” tho.

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The First White President

The foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy.

“Trump truly is something new—the first president whose entire political existence hinges on the fact of a black president.” 

“ Indeed, there is a kind of theater at work in which Trump’s presidency is pawned off as a product of the white working class as opposed to a product of an entire whiteness that includes the very authors doing the pawning. The motive is clear: escapism.”

-Ta-Nehisi Coates

NTP Edit: Implied: CAPS CAPS CAPS

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“I don’t give a fuck about a safety pin.”

-Lily Be (on Race Bait podcast)

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Rest In Power, Mr. Pottinger

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A Queer Conversation with Derrais Carter

Dr. Derrais (D.A.) Carter is an assistant professor of Black Studies. His research interests include 20th century African American history, black cultural studies, gender and sexuality studi…

“...Why do I not want to be mad? Black anger to me is one of the greatest gifts. To me it benefits no one if we pretend everything is ok. My anger isn’t going to be used to educate white people, my anger is my anger, it’s part of me claiming my humanity in a world that denies it.”

NTP Edit: Here at NTP, we *stay* mad.

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Janet Mock Reveals the Advice She Would’ve Given Herself as A 17-Year-Old Trans Girl

First of all: dream bigger.

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An ode to capitalism.  Pysche! (Not really tho.)

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All Black Everything - Journal #79 February 2017 - e-flux

By Jared Sexton

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Weird Love: Two Poems from I Think I'm Ready to See Frank Ocean by Shayla Lawson

When I listen, I want to disrobe only your goatee & your gap-toothed grin