The work of black creatives seems to always get undermined in one way or another, and that's what this new generation is actively changing by speaking up. We aren't accepting group categorization and group classifications to describe our work anymore - it just leads to group dismissal.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the need for recognition and individual identity among black creatives, rejecting stereotypes and categorizations.
Kerby Jean-Raymond highlights the struggle faced by black creatives whose work has often been dismissed or undermined due to societal categorization. He asserts that the new generation is challenging these labels by voicing their unique experiences and contributions, advocating for individual recognition rather than being defined by a collective identity that leads to the undervaluation of their art.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech addressing the importance of individual artistic expression.
Think about how much fashion profits from black culture and how underrepresented we are in the industry. If you insist on using black celebrities to peddle your merchandise and add a cool factor to your front row, it is indecent to not care about the plights of that person's community.
Is the 'black designer' label there to warn everyone not to have the same level of expectations for me, or is it some type of prize? I just want to work in an even playing field where I can get press for my work and not just my race and my personal views on it.
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I enjoy wording. Words for me are tangible bodies, visible sirens, incarnate sensualities.
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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it's efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience.
I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.
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