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💖April Bey & Valorie Thomas discuss their AfroF

💖April Bey & Valorie Thomas discuss their AfroFuturist selves next Friday at noon (IGTV) in prep for April’s solo show at @CAAMINLA !
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April Bey grew up in The Bahamas and resides in LA as a visual artist and a tenured professor at Glendale College. Bey’s interdisciplinary artwork is an introspective and social critique of American and Bahamian culture, feminism, generational theory, social media, AfroFuturism, AfroSurrealism, post-colonialism and race constructs. Bey’s work is collected by The California African American Museum, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, et al. Bey has launched 5 solo exhibitions and taught a controversial course analyzing Beyoncé hashtag faux feminism.
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Valorie Thomas is the Phebe Estelle Spalding Professor of English and Africana Studies at Pomona College. She originated the concept of Diasporic Vertigo as a motif of decolonization. Thomas studies film and visual art, has an ongoing interest in the connections between writing, art and social justice, and is a screenwriter. She recently curated an art exhibition titled Vertigo@Midnight inspired by her work on Afrofuturism, speculative art and spirituality.
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These discussions are part of our “DIS...MISS: connecting the dots” IG-LIVE series! Tune in on February 18th, 2021 at 8PM (PST) for a discussion between Reanne Estrada & Sue Bell Yank 🥰
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@cassilsartist + @fei.hernandez + @genderjusticela + @aprilbey + @drvalafrofuturecowgurl + @suebellyyank + @unicornkiller1 + @BadlyLickedBear
#LAFreewaves
#FreewavesDISMISS
#DISMISSconnectingthedots
#WhoDoYouWorship
#GenderIdentity
#GenderExpression
#Queer #NonBinary
#Intersectionality

💥Cassils and fei hernandez launch new series! T

💥Cassils and fei hernandez launch new series! They’ll discuss generational differences in trans activism and art; share what inspires them and, lastly, how to balance activism + revolutionary action with joy + rest.
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Cassils (they/them) is a transgender artist who makes their own body the material and protagonist of their performances. Cassils's art contemplates the history(s) of LGBTQI+ violence, representation, struggle, and survival. For Cassils, performance is a form of social sculpture: drawing from the idea that bodies are formed in relation to forces of power and social expectations. A USA Fellow, Guggenheim Fellow, and a Creative Capital Fellow, Cassils investigates historical contexts to examine the present moment.
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féi hernandez (they/them) is an Inglewood-raised immigrant trans non-binary visual artist, writer, and healer from Chihuahua, Mexico. féi is an Advisory Board Member of Gender Justice LA and was an artist for Forward Together’s 2019 Trans Day of Resilience Campaign. They are a Co-Founder of ING Fellowship, a mentorship to Inglewood youth, a femmetor for Seeds of Liberación leadership development program for young (TGI) people in LA, and a certified Reiki and Akashic Records practitioner.
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These discussions are part of our “DIS...MISS: connecting the dots” IG-LIVE series! Tune in on February 12th at 12PM (PST) for a discussion between April Bey & Valorie Thomas 🥰
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@cassilsartist + @fei.hernandez + @genderjusticela + @aprilbey + @suebellyyank + @unicornkiller1 + @BadlyLickedBear
#LAFreewaves
#FreewavesDISMISS
#DISMISSconnectingthedots
#GenderIdentity
#GenderExpression
#Queer #NonBinary
#Intersectionality

The infamous Karen. Who is she? Where did she come

The infamous Karen. Who is she? Where did she come from? And what can we do to stop her? Here’s a sneak peak of some of the content we have been working on. @sludgeguy created these beautiful illustrations on some of the attributes and mentalities that can be found in a Karen. While this is a vast and complex topic that requires us to investigate the intersection of race, gender and class we are excited to continue our research on the karen archetype and hope that we will be able to provide insight on why karen is such a threat to society. Let us know what you think or if you have had an encounter with a Karen yourself. #karen #becky #permitpatty #missanne #canispeaktothemanager

“What is the opposite of racism? I came up with

“What is the opposite of racism? I came up with kindred.”
- Fondé Bridges
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This unique multimedia public event invited Milwaukee visual and spoken word artists Fondé Bridges (@healthywordsfonde), Mikal Floyd-Pruitt (@mcmikal), and Dasha Kelly Hamilton (@dasha_kelly) to recognize familiar but so-far-unnamed racial experiences and brainstorm new vocabulary around them.
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Check out some new words made using language skills drawn from hip hop to highlight the Black urban experience: AFRODISIAC, RACESPECT, DIFFERSTANDING or how about DIFFERTRACTIVE ?
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Presented by @usc_artsinaction with @lafreewaves
@mkelaxmedia
@VisionsAndVoices
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Watch the highlight's from Racial Radical on our IGTV or vimeo.com/freewaves/rr-2019.
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LA Freewaves is a non-profit dedicated to pushing dialogues on art, race, and gender since 1989! We welcome any donations that help us keep the FREE in FREEWAVES. Please consider donating today!
@blklivesmatter
@milwaukeeartistresourcenetwork
#RacialRadical
#DesigningeEquity
#RacialJustice
#BlackCulture
#USculture
#NewWords
#Woke

What’s your fav’ Freewaves memory? Please shar

What’s your fav’ Freewaves memory? Please share your story! 💖
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While technology continues to evolve, our commitment to the creative community has stayed the same.
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We hope you enjoy this brief timeline: how we started as a "New Media Art Festival" in 1989, guided artists with their CD-ROMs portfolios, and that time when we produced the most international festival in Los Angeles (2009)!
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We welcome any donations that help us keep the FREE in FREEWAVES. Please consider donating today!
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#FreewavesDISMISS
#RacialRadical
#NonProfit
#LosAngelesArt
#PublicArt
#CDROM
#MediaArts
#InternationalArt
#Timeline
#Since1989

Always free & here for you 💖 Learn about one of

Always free & here for you 💖
Learn about one of the ways we give back to you!
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We give back through DIS...MISS: over the past four years, the non-profit LA Freewaves has been exploring gender questions as the foundation of DIS...MISS through exhibitions, performances, essays, images, videos, and audience engagements. The DIS...MISS artists, writers, and activists discuss gender and life in our "DIS...MISS: connecting the dots" IGTV series.
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Providing free access to art is a revolutionary act in a capitalistic society, so please help us spread the word and consider supporting us so we can continue to keep moving forward together.
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#FreewavesDISMISS
#LosAngelesArt
#GenderExpression
#TransgressiveArt
#PublicArt
#RadicalArt
#SupportingArtists
#LGBTQ
#LGBTQIA

Quote by @dasha_kelly 〰️ Watch the highlight's

Quote by @dasha_kelly
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Watch the highlight's from Racial Radical on our IGTV or vimeo.com/freewaves/rr-2019.
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@mkelaxmedia
@milwaukeeartistresourcenetwork
#RacialRadical
#designingequity
#racialjustice
#wordsmatter
#contextmatters
#Approximation
#Language
#Agency
#ReclaimingLanguage

ATTN: White allies in the USA Don’t take it pers

ATTN: White allies in the USA
Don’t take it personally—it’s not about you!
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“Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in the United States” by Judith Katz and The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
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BONUS: Here are six ways for Anti-racist Understandings for Educators
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Colorblindness denies students’ full identities.
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Speak out, but also look in.
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Avoid white noise and white silence.
It’s important to listen when people of color talk about their experiences with oppression and not to dominate conversations about race. But opting out altogether can be just as harmful. “The racial status quo is not neutral; it is racist,” DiAngelo says. “Remaining silent when given the opportunity to discuss race supports the status quo.”
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Take responsibility for educating yourself about racism.
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Be down, but stay white.
75 percent of white Americans say they come in contact with “a few” or “no” black people on a regular basis. Over-familiarizing with people of color—“I hang out with people of color, so I’m not racist”—reduces race to a lifestyle choice and can offer an easy way out of difficult anti-racism work.
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Don’t take it personally—it’s not about you!
White people have come to expect a level of racial comfort. When that expectation is met with racial stress, DiAngelo explains the result can be White Fragility: “White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium.”
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Check out tolerance (dot) org for the full description.
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#WhiteCulture
#LetsTalkAboutRace

Quote by @dasha_kelly 〰️ Watch the highlight's

Quote by @dasha_kelly
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Watch the highlight's from Racial Radical on our IGTV or vimeo.com/freewaves/rr-2019.
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@mkelaxmedia
@milwaukeeartistresourcenetwork
#RacialRadical
#designingequity
#racialjustice
#wordsmatter
#contextmatters
#Approximation
#Language
#Agency
#ReclaimingLanguage

Quote by @dasha_kelly 〰️ Watch the highlight's

Quote by @dasha_kelly
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Watch the highlight's from Racial Radical on our IGTV or vimeo.com/freewaves/rr-2019.
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@mkelaxmedia
@milwaukeeartistresourcenetwork
#RacialRadical
#designingequity
#racialjustice
#wordsmatter
#contextmatters
#Approximation
#Language

“Language is an approximation.” - @dasha_kell

“Language is an approximation.”
- @dasha_kelly
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What new words have you created to describe unnamed racial experiences?
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Watch the highlight's from Racial Radical on our IGTV or vimeo.com/freewaves/rr-2019
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@mkelaxmedia
@milwaukeeartistresourcenetwork
#RacialRadical
#designingequity
#racialjustice
#wordsmatter
#contextmatters

Quote by @dasha_kelly 〰️ Watch the highlight's

Quote by @dasha_kelly
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Watch the highlight's from Racial Radical on our IGTV or vimeo.com/freewaves/rr-2019.
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@mkelaxmedia
@milwaukeeartistresourcenetwork
#RacialRadical
#designingequity
#racialjustice
#wordsmatter
#contextmatters

ATTN: White Allies in the USA Don’t take it pers

ATTN: White Allies in the USA
Don’t take it personally—it’s not about you!
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“Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in the United States” by Judith Katz and The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
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BONUS: Here are six ways for Anti-racist Understandings for Educators
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1
Colorblindness denies students’ full identities.
2
Speak out, but also look in.
3
Avoid white noise and white silence.
It’s important to listen when people of color talk about their experiences with oppression and not to dominate conversations about race. But opting out altogether can be just as harmful. “The racial status quo is not neutral; it is racist,” DiAngelo says. “Remaining silent when given the opportunity to discuss race supports the status quo.”
4
Take responsibility for educating yourself about racism.
5
Be down, but stay white.
75 percent of white Americans say they come in contact with “a few” or “no” black people on a regular basis. Over-familiarizing with people of color—“I hang out with people of color, so I’m not racist”—reduces race to a lifestyle choice and can offer an easy way out of difficult anti-racism work.
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Don’t take it personally—it’s not about you!
White people have come to expect a level of racial comfort. When that expectation is met with racial stress, DiAngelo explains the result can be White Fragility: “White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium.”
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Check out tolerance.org for the full description.
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#USA #America
#USACulture
#WhiteCulture
#RacialIdentity
#AmericanCulture
#AmericanValues
#LetsTalkAboutRace

“Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture i

“Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in the United States” by Judith Katz and The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
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Excerpt from “Why Talk About Whiteness,”
tolerance.org article:
“I don’t think I’ve ever come across anything that has made me aware of my race. I don’t believe there is any benefit of anybody’s particular race or color. I feel like I’ve accomplished what I’ve accomplished in life because of the person I am, not because of the color of my skin.”
These are the observations of a white female participant in The Whiteness Project, Part I, an interactive web-based collection of voices and reflections of Americans from diverse walks of life who identify as white. Her statement illustrates why educators, activists and allies doing racial justice work are increasingly focused on the importance of examining whiteness: It’s impossible to see the privilege and dominance associated with white racial identity without acknowledging that whiteness is a racial identity.
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#USA #America
#USACulture
#WhiteCulture
#RacialIdentity
#AmericanCulture
#AmericanValues
#LetsTalkAboutRace

Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in t

Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in the United States
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We want to thank Judith Katz (and The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.) for allowing us to share “Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in the United States.”
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#USA #America
#USACulture
#WhiteCulture
#RacialIdentity
#AmericanCulture
#AmericanValues
#LetsTalkAboutRace

Join us TONIGHT! 〰️ Don't miss Racial Radical:

Join us TONIGHT!
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Don't miss Racial Radical: Generating New "Woke" Words: in the interactive, multimedia, online event, participants will join forces with Milwaukee visual and spoken word artists @dasha_kelly, @mcmikal, and @healthywordsfonde to recognize familiar but so-far-unnamed racial experiences and brainstorm new vocabulary around them.
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Presented by @usc_artsinaction with @lafreewaves & @mkelaxmedia on Wednesday, 10/14 at 6:30 PM!
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Racial Radical is part of “Foresight Is 2020: Racial Justice and the Arts” - events are online, open to the public, and free. RSVP @VisionsAndVoices
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Watch the highlight's from Racial Radical (2019) on our IGTV or vimeo.com/freewaves/rr-2019
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@blklivesmatter
@milwaukeeartistresourcenetwork
#RacialRadical
#designingequity
#racialjustice
#blackculture
#usculture
#milwaukee
#losangeles

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