“As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m interested in the lives of Black folk as the subject. Not the predicate, not the tangent.[These stories] deserve to be told. Not as sociology, not as spectacle, not as a singular event that happens every so often, but regularly and purposefully as truth and as art on an ongoing basis, as do the stories of all the women you love.” FeelsArtStoriesHappensJobsBlackSubjectsEventsDeserveBasesFolksFilmmakerBlack WomenSociologyPreferenceOngoingSubjectivityVisibility Author:Ava DuVernay
“The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people. ... Blues is a basis of historical continuity for black people. It is a ritualized way of talking about ourselves and passing it on.” PeopleWayBlackTalkingMusicRecordsOur LivesBasesPhilosophicalHistoricalDecadesPassingPassingsBlack PeopleContinuityWay Of TalkingPassing It Author:Sherley Anne Williams
“Far as I'm concerned, friendship between black and white don't mean that much 'cause it usually ain't on a equal basis. ... Maybe one day whites and blacks can be real friends, but right now the country ain't built that way.” WayMeanRealCountryCausesBlackWhiteRight NowOne DayEqualBuiltConcernedBasesBeing RealBlack And WhiteReal FriendsMaybe One Day Book:Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) Source: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)
“Unfortunately, I don't train enough on an everyday basis to be a black belt, but if I put my mind to it I think I could definitely move very quickly in that world.” IfsThinkingWorldMindEnoughMovingBlackBasesTrainEverydayBeltsBlack Belt Author:Milla Jovovich