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Luc PrincenWhat a simple and powerful message in this Ad.
I don't have a soundcloud. In stead, be cool to trans people for me 👍
sheislaurence@lucp It was produced by these guys https://www.instagram.com/blackoutdoorart/?hl=en-gb
BarryK
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱@lucp Nice. Simple, and apposite.
Diana Thompson 
@lucp Well done. Reminds me of a saying in the U.S. southwest. "We didn't cross the border. The border crossed us."
Stephen@lucp Greg Burnley, who designed the poster, explains his rational and why he decided to use only Caribbean flags in this piece.
https://medium.com/@gregbunbury/where-are-all-the-african-flags-50dde5dd1ea6
emailgeek@AnCaoladoir @lucp thanks for sharing this great article. He explains his intentions very well.
Lil Crow 🇨🇦 🐦⬛🐰@lucp is that just the black colonies? Because Canada isn’t there and we were native at the time, so…. That message board is seriously lacking.
Ozzy🕯
Stingray's Badger FriendThe designer has answered your question, here:
https://medium.com/@gregbunbury/where-are-all-the-african-flags-50dde5dd1ea6
The long post is well worth a read if you have time, if not, here's a short quote:
"the topic of imperialism and the legacy of global colonialism is voluminous, to say the least.
"The reality of producing an artwork that can address such a gargantuan concept, while speaking to all experiences and perspectives, felt not only unfeasible but problematic. And to do so would undermine the very reason the project exists, as per the question: ‘What do Black people want?’". 1/2
"Well, Black culture is not monolithic, and one size does not fit all. In addition, I do not believe a large enough billboard exists, to graphically capture the full scope of the topic.
... "This is not to reduce, ignore or sideline African nations or other cultures throughout the world, that have suffered and survived colonial and imperial struggles.". 2/2
@StingrayBadger @lucp I was just sent the article, thank you for the information though
@PaleCrow @lucp It wasn’t the intention of the artist to cover all black colonies, as this is impossible anyways. He wrote an article, where the context of his work is explained https://mastodon.ie/@AnCaoladoir/110516671994825140
Stephen (@[email protected])
@[email protected] Greg Burnley, who designed the poster, explains his rational and why he decided to use only Caribbean flags in this piece. https://medium.com/@gregbunbury/where-are-all-the-african-flags-50dde5dd1ea6
@emailgeek @lucp oh, thanks
Iron Curtain (Chiptunes)@lucp Sounds like what Malcolm X said. In a *great* way.
PhillyCodeHound@lucp Love it!
Farah@lucp tag if you see your country challenge
(Unfortunately I don’t see mine, but hey I know my history)
sabik
Tattie (old account)@sabik Britain. Both England and Scotland had colonial ambitions, but the latter's attempts were disastrous, bankrupting the country. This led directly to the Act of Union and the creation of Great Britain. Thereafter both English and Scottish figures were key in British colonialism and all its horrors, even as Highland Scots were purged from their homes.
@lucp @corbden
@lucp @corbden
Desperate Measures@lucp whoah took me a sec but im literally woke now.
Katiame@lucp All of the First Nations of North America should be added to this.
kortskalle
CautionWIP 🎃+🇨🇦+🏳️🌈= 
@Katiame @lucp An understandable reaction, and I reacted similarly as a secondary reaction. The artist explains the reasons and context of the poster, which clarifies it greatly. As noted above in the thread. https://mastodon.ie/@AnCaoladoir/110516671994825140
Stephen (@[email protected])
@[email protected] Greg Burnley, who designed the poster, explains his rational and why he decided to use only Caribbean flags in this piece. https://medium.com/@gregbunbury/where-are-all-the-african-flags-50dde5dd1ea6
Polychrome 
@lucp and that's just a small fraction of the list, focusing on Africa 
@Polychrome It's actually all Caribbean nations, it turns out...
The creator of the poster explained his process in this excellent piece: https://medium.com/@gregbunbury/where-are-all-the-african-flags-50dde5dd1ea6
@lucp I'm not good with flags 
Carles@lucp we call it colonization
xs4me2@lucp Spot on…
Smirk 😏@lucp I've seen a similar message in Southwestern US border wall / immigration etc protests... "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us." And that's about as direct and accurate a depiction of the history of that region as I've ever seen. (And go back further and apply it again... "We did not come to Spain, Spain came to us.")
btd@lucp most independence days are from britain?
and then from russia.
and then from russia.
Talya (she/her) 🏳️⚧️✡️@lucp very powerful message, and yet... no Palestine, no Jordan, no Israel.
@Yuvalne @lucp An understandable reaction, and I reacted similarly as a secondary reaction. The artist explains the reasons and context of the poster, which clarifies it greatly. As noted above in the thread. https://mastodon.ie/@AnCaoladoir/110516671994825140
Stephen (@[email protected])
@[email protected] Greg Burnley, who designed the poster, explains his rational and why he decided to use only Caribbean flags in this piece. https://medium.com/@gregbunbury/where-are-all-the-african-flags-50dde5dd1ea6
Tornuggla (int)
The Brexit Song (Hard to Break Free from a Union) | Foil Arms and Hog
Shephallmassive@lucp particularly rings true for the #Windrush people that were recently shipped out of the country because they were never given the right papers- talk about a cynical move - to eject an elderly population invited here who had contributed to this country for decades and had family here. Should have had an immediate amnesty while they sorted the paperwork not the shamble of discraceful evacuations..
Mysturji@lucp
Then Britain ran away, shouting “You’re it!” 🙄
Then Britain ran away, shouting “You’re it!” 🙄
Matt@lucp Neanderthals right now…
Wolfgang Müller (DE:er/EN:he)
deerbard@lucp And also not true in the first sentence. Would it be less powerful to just say how it was? For example „Britain came to us first so now we came to Britain?” or „Britain came to us, forced a connection to it on us, so now we're here”?
@deerbard @lucp “Came to” is not the same as “taken to”.
You could say “we did not come to Britain willingly, Britain forced us from our own lands and enslaved us both at home and abroad” but that doesn’t really have the same emotional impact - which is the whole point of the process. Removing the emotional and personal context of a situation does not render it more precise - only more clinical and distant. The point is to make it a gut-punch.
Oh ok, if we're talking about those who were enslaved and brought to Britain, then I didn't know what is the poster about in the first place.
@deerbard @lucp No worries. Understanding an individual piece of highly political art without being particularly familiar with the specific cultural context the art arises from isn’t exactly easy. Thats why we’ve got art critics and historians. :) My first take on it was sort of skewed as well. I had to read the artist’s statement about the piece before I could appreciate the nuances that weren’t clicking for me.
Julie Goldberg@lucp I remember seeing protestors holding signs in London in the late 80s that said, “We are because you were there!”
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
Luc Princen (@[email protected])
Bijlagen: 1 afbeelding What a simple and powerful message in this Ad.
Elizabeth From Snowland@lucp Colonists
Gigawatt121@lucp Wow thats something!
Yaoi Box Balloon@lucp I mean yes.
That's why English is my first language.
frigginGlorious ✅@lucp no US flag on there tho? There is one that's not visible because of the light though.
Hudson@lucp I’m always befuddled by those who insist we speak English in the US.
@lucp There needs to be one for the US for July 4. Don't you agree, @silverspookgames?
EDIT: To clarify, who the imperial power is, as in "We didn't come to America, America came to us."