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.
I cannot say why I wanted to paint. The only answer is in the pictures themselves.
Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life
Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.
The arts make vivid the fact that words do not, in their literal form or number, exhaust what we can know. The limits of our language do not define the limits of our cognition.
Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.
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