Just so you know, I’m not Black anymore. I’m not African-American. I’ve gone back to being Colored. That’s what my mother was and I’ve decided that’s what I’ll be from now on. Used properly, I believe it has a universal elegance. It captures the world’s people spectrum. Used inappropriately, it still conveys Us vs. Them, Them vs. Us or any way round you want. Unfortunately, if you’re looking at it either way, there’s the problem.
MOMA African Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched an exhibition honoring Black artists and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance.
Use your NYC ID to get free admission and lower priced guest tickets, but make sure you visit. They need to know we care!
To The Crazy Ones
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes … the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. … You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things. … They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Fried Chicken & Philosophy 