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Black Arts Journal Entry - Week 15 (4/26/23): Final Paper Responses

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Sam Uroza

Anthony Whitfield

The Black Arts

4/26/23


Adrian - 


The topic of how the black community struggled to even hold a place in the art community was very intriguing. It is clear that no matter what community they wish to join, it will most likely be dominated by the white population, making them a minority not even considered to be allowed to join them. Yet despite this, they were able to take their own pride and build a community for themselves, along with a gallery to display black art and support black artists. It was even more enticing to see how even in their own community that they built, people still had trouble defining what black art is to them. Only after experiencing the oppression they face from the white society that they understood they must make art separate from political views and retaliation and focus on portraying their black past and culture in their pieces.


  • How were they able to sustain and fund their own gallery as they most likely won’t receive funds from the government? Was it community funded?

  • Was there a point white supremacists tried to intervene in the development of public speaking that artists were doing through their pieces?

  • Most artists deviated from doing political pieces to just passion pieces. Were there some who remained to stay as political artists?


Siva - 


Women in society generally have less rights than men. This has been a discrimination persistent in various nation’s histories and cultures. Now when a woman is a person of color, you can expect they will face even further discrimination. Seeing how it is already known that women at the time had a stereotype to be the passive stay at home mom who obeys her husband, the expectations weren’t all that different for black women either. However, black women took more of the initiative to show that they are powerful women and refused to be docile any longer. The fact that they are even black gives men in a white supremacist society access to fetishize and degrade them even more than they already do for white women. However, black women pushed back more against this discrimination and created pieces through photography that can more accurately capture a day in their life and see who they are as a person.


  • Photography is an art form, but is usually seen less as that of a fully created piece. Was it the same in the black art community?

  • Were these photographs more politically motivated to push back on racial and gender views or were they more of a passion piece?

  • Were black women photographers recognized and respected by male photographers in the black art community? 


Xiongyue - 


I believe it is a well known issue around the world, not just exclusive to the US, that women have less rights than men. It is such a pressing issue that affects the betterment of living for women in a society. It is even more difficult in the world when you are a woman and a person of color. It is understandable that you can face more discrimination simply for your race and gender and have rights restricted or diminished from you. It is encouraging to see that women in the black community decided to take initiative against this discrimination and start to voice themselves. That can be seen through literature pieces, artworks, and films that they produce. They wish to highlight that women are just as equal to men and that race, gender, and sexuality shouldn’t chain down their progression and acceptance into society.


  • Since women generally have less rights than men, how much of a difference was the discrimination between a white woman and a black woman?

  • While black women did start to retaliate for rights, how much did they have a voice and recognition in the Black Arts movement?

  • Were white women able to put aside racial issues and come to understand the importance of the movement black women were doing for equality?

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