“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” - Nelson Mandela
The Artist:
I want to start by giving complete credit for these images to the amazingly talented artist to which they belong, Domonique Brown. She has inspired me so much with her artwork and I wanted to embody that within this game that we all love so much!
Please strive to support Black artists and businesses year round, but especially this month! You can purchase and view more of her work here:
Official website DomoInk
Instagram
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(She would love to see come pictures of this with your Sims in the game, so if you take good pics, please share some with me & I will send them to her!)
The Reasoning:
Black History Month hits much harder this year because in 2020 the overlooked struggles that Black and Brown people continue to face were displayed at the highest level thus far within our lifetime. History was made in 2020 and it has profoundly shown how important it is to remember where we’ve been and acknowledge the contribution, innovation, and resiliency of Black people all across the globe.
There is a severe lack of content for Black simmers within the Sims series and I applaud all of the content creators who have put in the work and dedication to create a more inclusive and representative community!
I converted these pieces as a contribution and to show love and admiration for Black artists, Black people, and the ever so unique Black experience. It never ceases to amaze me how much pride and unity I feel during this month. I really hope you guys like these and I hope they make you feel as good as they make me feel!
Copyright:
This cc is NOT and WILL NOT ever be for sell out of respect for the artist and copyright law. Please do not share this content with the intention to profit off of it in any way. Please, if you do share, respectfully give credit to the artist!
From the eighteenth-century poetry of Phillis Wheatley to the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, Black artists in America have long grappled with the place of Africa in their lives and art: What is Africa to the Black artist for whom transatlantic slavery profoundly altered a cultural connection to the continent? In A Sidelong Glance, John Edmonds extends this question, refracting it through a photographic practice that centers African art, highlighting its position as a complex site of identity, power, and artistic ingenuity. The exhibition comprises a three-part series featuring portraits and still lifes of Central and West African sculptures and masks drawn from private and public collections, including the artist’s own, as seen in Anatolli & Collection, 2019.
This Black History Month we’ll be exploring this aspect of John Edmonds’s practice through select works from his first solo museum exhibition, on view at the Brooklyn Museum through August 8.
John Edmonds (American, born 1989). Anatolli & Collection, 2019. Digital silver gelatin print. Courtesy the artist and Company Gallery.
Bouchet was the son of a formerly enslaved person who had moved to New Haven, Connecticut. Only three schools there accepted Black students at the time, so Bouchet's educational opportunities were limited. However, he managed to get admitted to Yale and became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. and the sixth American of any race to earn one in physics. Although segregation prevented him from attaining the kind of position he should have been able to get with his outstanding credentials (sixth in his graduating class), he taught for 26 years at the Institute for Colored Youth, serving as an inspiration to generations of young Black people.
"During the uprisings last summer, I told all my Black friends who complain to me about the experiences they have in these predominantly white environments: "Yo, now is the time to fucking say the things that you haven't been saying." They're texting you while you're at home, asking you, "Are you OK?" They're sending you cookies and shit. You need to go to HR and ask for another $20,000. Like, do it now. You need to talk about getting promoted. And my friends who did that got promoted. They got something out of it. And you know what? If they were to go back now and make the same demands, they probably wouldn't get them. So I look at it like that: Get it while the getting is hot. But I'm not out here drinking the Kool-Aid. I'm not stupid."
- Judas and the Black Messiah director Shaka King speaking to GQ's Julian Kimble in "Judas and the Black Messiah and the Black Excellence Industrial Complex"
