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ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESThis is the visual #artist Jonathan Harris from #Detroit #Michigan
The title of his work is called "#CriticalRaceTheory"
(his website: https://jonathanharrisart.bigcartel.com/ )
Follow up:
This the #FBI #Academy in #Quantico #Virginia about a week ago
This is the new #USA
This country is entering a deeply, deeply shameful period
Dean F.@benroyce "Entering?" I'd say we've been there for a while.
agreed but we certainly went over a cliff jan 20
JWcph, Radicalized By Decency@benroyce Also, note they're not painting it over with something they might try to sell as "better" - just a layer of classic Dictatorship Grey™️...
su_liam
skuaLooking back at the #AmericanExperiment, it seems the preparedness to not bring everyone along was the fatal flaw.
Slaves, white women, Native Americans, Blacks, Jews, the Irish, the Chinese, the factory-workers, the rural folk, and the non-elite all were/are deemed sacrificable.
Now the US fed gov is openly against bringing everyone along.
Annietime@benroyce fascism turns the world grey.😢
Simone Chalkley (she/her)@benroyce so much for free speech...
@benroyce The age of integrity is over.
Jay 🇺🇦@benroyce I'm not saying I'm happy we're getting fascism back. But in a world where I cannot immediately change that, I will say that this is a great time for art. And punkrock.
filobus@Soulshine @benroyce as long as it doesn't get controlled or clandestine
@Soulshine @benroyce as long as Musk doesn't put a chip in our brain :)
Let's hope and work for better times!
Let's hope and work for better times!
@filobus @Soulshine @benroyce I’m all for uncontrolled clandestine activities. Cyberpunk, here we come.
Aho@benroyce he is _good_, but a bit too pricey for my wallet
Cheshire Lunar Kitten@benroyce powerfull piece
Jon Sullivan@benroyce Good work. I first learned about Jonathan Harris in this #PBS profile.
https://www.pbs.org/video/jonathan-harris-viral-painting-critical-race-theory-z953qh/
Ben Rosengart"a picture is worth a thousand words" and all that
but some visual works like jonathan's, it hits out of the ballpark
it says more than a whole library
nothing can make it better
perfection
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mray@benroyce I feel shame for immediately noticing the comical rationalization that sees the white person so INCREDIBLY gifted as to paint a group-picture of famous people, single-handedly only with a paint roller.
Also relaxes makes me to see how my gut instantly tells me that the alternative interpretation is just wrong.
Acmeworks
BenjaminHimesThanks for sharing! Just ordered a 12x18.
schuelermine@benroyce oh I thought "white wash" was just used metaphorically, TIL it's a name for a paintjob
@benroyce (referring to the alt text)
Fud4thort@benroyce This is such a powerful image.
Bssr4 (TЯ☭M₽ )@benroyce
They painted the inspiration wall at the FBI, solid gray...
They painted the inspiration wall at the FBI, solid gray...
Bo Tally@benroyce we won’t go back