seeing is a kind of thinking

Art, politics, culture. Maintained by Alia Ra'naa. Also a contributor to Black Contemporary Art and Made in Chicago

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H&M unisex denim collection

I love this so much 

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everything is better with black people in it

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[sonnywortzik]

Mark Twain’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

[ranaa]

if you don’t know the darkness, then you’re the one I fear the most

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1969 CCNY Takeover

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“The Lulennial: A Slight Gestuary” at Lulu

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[captain-acab]

Dear white people with an opinion on the Baltimore riots:

Do not

quote

Martin Luther King Jr.

if you

do not understand

his message.

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[ranaa]

Don’t forget, never rest

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In defense of black rage, part 1

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NYPD KILLS ANOTHER UNARMED MENTALLY ILL MAN 

A police officer fatally shot an unarmed man during what police are calling a “violent struggle” in the East Village on Saturday. The shooting happened around 1:45 p.m. yesterday at what the Times refers to as “a supportive housing complex for people with mental illnesses” on E. 6th Street near Avenue A.

The 22-year-old victim, whom the Post has identified as Felix David, was the suspect in a robbery last Thursday at City College. 

Cops tracked him down to the East Village facility, and say David fled out a window on the sixth floor and down a fire escape. Although David was unarmed, cops say that “a struggle ensued between the suspect and the two detectives.” This ‘violent struggle’ involved a police radio, which David allegedly grabbed from one of the officers and used to strike both detectives on the head, causing lacerations.

During this one detective drew his firearm and fired once, striking David in the torso. He was taken to Beth Israel Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Both officers were taken to Bellevue with bruises and lacerations; both are in stable condition. Police add that the investigation is ongoing.

This shit is getting tiring

Source / Source

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Are you fucken serious?

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again v Afraid of the intersections of being black and mentally ill (and a woman and queer)

[ranaa]

We need to clarify what we mean by terms like “violence” and “peaceful.” Because, to be clear, violence is beating, harassing, tazing, assaulting and shooting Black, trans, immigrant, women, and queer people, and that is the reality many of us are dealing with daily. Telling someone to be peaceful and shaming their militance not only lacks a nuanced and historical political understanding, it is literally a deadly and irresponsible demand. The political goals of rioters in Baltimore are not unclear—just as they were not unclear when poor, Black people rioted in Ferguson last fall. When the free market, real estate, the elected government, the legal system have all shown you they are not going to protect you—in fact, that they are the sources of the greatest violence you face—then political action becomes about stopping the machine that is trying to kill you, even if only for a moment, getting the boot off your neck, even if it only allows you a second of air. This is exactly what blocking off streets, disrupting white consumerism, and destroying state property are designed to do.

In Support of Baltimore: Or; Smashing Police Cars Is Logical Political Strategy

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[ranaa]

been listening to this song on repeat for the last few days

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ArtRank™ ranks emerging artists using qualitatively-weighted metrics including web presence (verified social media counts, inbound links), studio capacity and output, market maker contracts and acquisitions, major collector and museum support, gallery representation and auction results.

via unbuiltroads

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Encasing the producer-singer-cum-curator in plaster,Daniel Arsham collaborates with Mr. Williams before he curates a show called G I R L at Galerie Perrotin. Full-body cast.

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no.

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Robert Heinecken,TV newswomen (Faith Daniels and Barbara Walters)