I really love Black american culture. But, also more and more I keep wondering why is it OUR job to explain who America is to itself? The work of Black artists does this consistently with precision and clarity. A mirror, a commentary on wherever the country […] [Original post on sauropods.win] - ThreadSky

futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy • 22 days ago

I really love Black american culture. But, also more and more I keep wondering why is it OUR job to explain who America is to itself? The work of Black artists does this consistently with precision and clarity. A mirror, a commentary on wherever the country […] https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/113979101069446520

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4ann-marie.bsky.social•21 days ago

Uncle Sam took up the whole screen. Imagine...the bigger the TV, the bigger his image! IN THEIR FACE.

unevil-cat.aipub.social.ap.brid.gy•22 days ago

@futurebird was the show really that good?
Sorry, I'm totally lacking the interest for NFL and stuff

futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy•22 days ago

Football half-time shows are not where you'd expect to find subtile insightful artistic statements. But, generally speaking for these mass events Black artists like Kendrick and Beyonce deliver work that exceeds the venue. It's entertainment, it "slaps" -- but it also speaks.

And I guess […]

futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy•22 days ago

But maybe it can't "slap" if it isn't real? That seems very possible and the kind of thing highly accomplished artists would understand on an intuitive level. They know they need to deliver something good and memorable ... so it has to be true.

Maybe that's why this keeps happening. But there […]

futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy•22 days ago

Black people have made blues, gospel music, jazz, hip-hop all of these forms of art that could help this country sit down and get right in its soul, to reflect on suffering, and its causes and grow and none of it is working.

That's all I'm saying.

dan613.ottawa.place.ap.brid.gy•22 days ago

@futurebird It keeps getting taken over by the white patriarchal music industry. Add country and rock to your list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe

futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy•22 days ago

There is one function this kind of art serves that I respect. It makes Black people and those close to us feel a bit better and less alone. You feel less crazy when someone correctly describes what is happening. That matters.

I won't discount that.

MugsysRapSheet.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•22 days ago

@futurebird
I love when #racist douchebags like #FiveHead have their #racism explode in their face:

jericevans.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy•20 days ago

@MugsysRapSheet did he say "regime"...? @futurebird

futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy•20 days ago

@jericevans @MugsysRapSheet

"welcome to my lair"

"who has a 'lair'??"

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