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• • We are witnessing a genocide(.) • No amount of spin from compromised politicians or media entities can change that(.) • Columbia University 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 has a $ 13 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 endowment on the line, so we understand how far institutions are willing to go to avoid divestment, including k*lling/jailing all their students and faculty, sabotaging the institutions themselves. • the jig is up(.) • the people know. we know(.) • we have witnessed it live. witnessed your crimes and your lies live. we are speaking to your victims live every day. the unintended consequence of a communication system you thought you could control(.) GENOCIDE is a crime. COMPLICITY and INCITEMENT to genocide are crimes. The *ONLY* reason (our) president and the leaders of the Western world aren’t sitting in front of The Hague right now is because of brute power. The WORLD knows(.) Stop the genocide. Start the criminal tribunals. Bring the perpetrators, ALL of them, to account. Let every politician who voted to fund these crimes - even *after* the ICJ ruling - answer for their actions in front of the world. Anish Kapoor Shooting into the Corner 2008–2009 more: anishkapoor.com #anishkapoor #andtheyknowthatiknow #tostaredownherassassins

“𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯...𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘵, 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥.” ~ Colin Dayan* Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Brandfort image rp via Zikhona Valela/ Tw*tter Photographer - (Peter Magubane?) *words from ‘With the Dogs at the Edge of Life’ #winniemadikizelamandela #winniemandela #colindayan #azania #southafrica #ayiti #blackwomenspecifically #becauseweareathreattothemachinery #tostaredownherassassins #andtheyknowthatiknow #whatdoesthecaptivematernalbecomewithinthestructureoffascism #anentitythatwouldsawthroughthebars #hearatuamae #tryingtofindawaytoanswerher #beholdyourwillfulldaughter #withthedogsattheedgeoflife

"𝘐𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦." ~ Wezile Mgibe Wezile Mgibe image rp via @bubblegumclubbb #wezilemgibe #azania #southafrica #africaisacrimescene #andtheyknowthatiknow #thatisthereturnofthetotalvalueexpropriatedfromslavelaborandnativelands

🎧 1-2) Toni Morrison excerpt via thepostarchive [Y*uTube] 3) “A group of teenage [girls] scream obscenities at Black students entering their high school in Montgomery, Alabama. image rp via @eji_org |(© Flip Schulke/CORBIS/ Corbis via Getty Images) 4) “Segregationist [protestors] surround Elizabeth Eckford, one of nine Black students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957. image rp via @eji_org | photog unnamed 5) “protesters” block food & assist in a genocide image rp via ashok kumar [Tw*tter] ***also slide 5 is evidence of CRIMES & those “people” might not be quite so smiley about that decision to pose in the future. ———- The thing that messes with me most lately is, that although this is largely still true, #lindathomasgreenfield #karinejeanpierre etc have shown that BW can be found that willingly participate in this evil. And I get that white supremacy™️ is an ideology, not an identity, but it’s still a total mindfck. Anyway, back to slowly reading Erica Edwards #theothersideofterror #tofigureouthowtostopit Stop the genocide(.) Bring the perpetrators to account(.) ALL of them. #tonimorrison #andtheyknowthatiknow #functionnotidenity #wemustbreakthissocialpsychosis #loseyourkin

𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙣. 1) Schiaparelli “Motherboard” dress (2024) image rp via @ itgirlenergy [Tw*tter] photog - (?) 2) Dhoruba bin Wahad Speaking in Austria (2018) excerpt via @dar_al_janub [Y*uTube] 3) W.E.B. Du Bois, “The Souls of White Folk” pdf free online/medium.com, versobooks.com 4) Szibira District, DRC (2009) Muses/miners - unnamed photo - Tom Stoddart/Getty not shade. just my thought process. i too thought Z*ndaya looked phenomenal, the gowns made me gasp.. and yet. It’s a beautiful dress. It is not worth life. Stop the genocide(s). #usoutofafrica #wecannotgoonlikethis #heightenthecontradictions #dhorubabinwahad #drc #coltan #webdubois #andtheyknowthatiknow #thesoulsofwhitefolk #intothecrud #darkandsweatybodies #nothingismorevaluablethanlife #wemustbreakthissocialpsychosis

“𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦...𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 [𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵],—𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴.” ~ bla study guide Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) Performance - Tamara Dobson Dir - Charles Bail image rp via listal.com [she’s a fed™️ in this, but we have to work with what we got, masters tools and all that & the energy and lewks still fire] *words - from BLA Study Guide, p. 4 (a collectively written text, but with #dhorubabinwahad ‘s influence and wordsmithing | find pdf free online at imixwhatilike.org) 𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘦-𝘩𝘢𝘸! #cleopatrajones #tamaradobson #andtheyknowthatiknow #theothersideofterror #lafemmenoiredanslepenséeducowboy #iamherenowwhatchagonnado #followtheirfears

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘦— 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 & 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 & 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘵” ~ Bree Newsome, Dec. 27, 2023 1) Vivian Maier Chicago, 1959 Muse(s) - unnamed image rp via aboutphotogrsphy [blog] 2) “The Souls of White Folk” W.E.B. Du Bois chapter from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil [multiple free pdfs online of this essay] 3) The Truth @ BreeNewsome [Tw*tter] #andtheyknowthatiknow stop the genocide. charge the perpetrators. see also: J. Kameron Carter’s scholarship on #thereligionofwhiteness #webdubois #thesoulsofwhitefolk #darkwatervoicesfromwithintheveil #vivianmaier #breenewsome #lastoftheloud #letallthecatsoutofallthebags #thetransformationofsilenceintolanguageandaction #letthechipsfallwheretheymuthafckingmay #tostaredownherassassins #blackwomenespecially #becauseweareathreattothemachinery

𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙤! Titus Kaphar Drawing the Blinds, 2014 image rp via artbasel [site] “𝘖𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘐 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦…" ~W.EB. Du Bois, 'The Souls of White Folk" watching. *Du Bois’s ‘Souls’ is free online on medium.com & versobooks.com #tituskaphar #andtheyknowthatiknow #webdubois #thesoulsofwhitefolk

“𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘖𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 9, 1955, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 2,000 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘚𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘵𝘰. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘧.” ~ Colin Dayan Sophiatown photog - Jürgen Schadeberg “Sophiatown residents waiting for the trucks after the force removals in 1956.” image rp via South Africa History Online Spending some time today to read South Africa's 84 page filing to the ICJ, charging Israel with genocide. #colindayan #sophiatown #triomf #azania #apartheid #southafrica #soweto #andtheyknowthatiknow #jurgenschadeberg

“…𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦—𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴.” ~ Dhoruba bin Wahad ‘nem Renee Stout | @reneestout5 Hoodoo Assassin # 6 (the Chameleon), 2019 image rp via high.org the double-pearl stacked pearcing has me crine. #reneestout #untilyourereadyforthemtoknow #anentitythatwouldsawthroughthebars #thespookwhosatbythedoor #andtheyknowthatiknow

“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘴 / 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵, / 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵.” - Samih al-Qasim Jeannette Ehlers Into the Dark (2017) photo - Søren Meisner 18thstreet.org 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵. solidarity with Pal3stine, Ayiti and oppressed peoples all over the world. #jeannetteehlers #iamqueenmary #jeggikmigoversøogland #marythomas #mathildamcbean #axelineelizabethsalomon #stcroix #fireburnrebellion #eyesofemberswatching #lightningthunderbrimstoneandfire #andtheyknowthatiknow #tostaredownherassassins #iisalongmemoriedwoman

“𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺…𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰” ~ James Baldwin* Titus Kaphar Eye of Providence (2022) photog - Rob McKeever image rp via barbarapicci.com *words - Baldwin quoting lyrics from a song (I think Ike T.) fuller quote/ context: “𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺,’ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴, ‘𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰’—“ j.b. This is a white supremacist genocide (.) This is apartheid (.) End the occupation. Ceasefire Now. Charge the perpetrators and that includes every single US politician that voted to fund this atrocity. Absolutely obscene. #wedonotconsenttogenocide FREE PALESTINE! #andtheyknowthatiknow #tituskaphar #jamesbaldwin #thesoulsofwhitefolk #icantbelievewhatyousaybecauseiseewhatyoudo #whitesupremacyslaststand

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯: / 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘵, / 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯 / 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥; 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 / 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 / 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭: 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘴, /𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘴 / 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯, / 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵; 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, / 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴 / 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘵 / 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴; 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 / 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵 / 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 / 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦, / 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘺’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴.” ~ Kamau Brathwaite —————- INFINITY Minus Infinity (2019) The Otolith Group | @the_otolith_group image rp via @artforum [their Tw*tter page usually has good info on screenings, exhibitions, etc] #andsotheblackeyetravelstothebrinkofvision #theotolithgroup #infinityminusinfinity #kamaubrathwaite #somesortofshimmer #andtheyknowthatiknow #tostaredownherassassins

“𝘖𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘐 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳…𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦...𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 — 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯.” ~W.E.B. Du Bois Carrie Mae Weems | @carriemaeweems A Distant View, from The Louisiana Project (2003) image rp via @heromag [site] ©️Carrie Mae Weems #carriemaeweems #webdubois #thesoulsofwhitefolk #andtheyknowthatiknow #everyplantationbelongstoamatch #eyesofemberswatching

“Once you found out who God was, it ain’t good to you no more. I know.” ~ Honorée Fanon Jeffers 1) Muriel Cook, Dorothy Williams, Maudelle Bass, Lawaune Kennard in “Black Ritual” (1940) photog - Carl Van Vechten image via NYPL Digital Collection 2-3) “Maternal (In)Coherence” by Joy James in @parapraxis_mag *from Honorée’s “On Listening to the Two-Headed Lady Blow Her Horn” we.know. #honoréefannonejeffers #onceyoufoundoutwhogodwas #andtheyknowthatiknow #blackritual #maudellebassweston #lawaunekennard #murielcook #dorothywilliams #carlvanvechten #joyjames #warisnotametaphor

“Of them, I am singularly clairvoyant. I see in and through them. I view them from unusual points of vantage…I see these souls undressed and from the back and side. I see the working of their entrails. I know their thoughts and they know that I know. This knowledge makes them now embarrassed, now furious.” ~ W.E.B. Du Bois Jimmie Mannas Mashramani, Guyana (1972) Muse - unnamed image rp via @jimmiemannasarchives clairvoyance. *J. Kameron Carter’s recent talk at ASU, “Reimagining Truth: Unraveling the Religion of Whiteness and Advancing a Black Ecology” gives a close reading of these words from Du Bois and it is def worth a listen. #jimmiemannas #jkameroncarter #webdubois #guyana #walterrodney #kamoinge #agroupofpeopleactingtogether #blackstudy #thesoulsofwhitefolk #andtheyknowthatiknow #mashramani #singularlyclairvoyant

“I do not laugh. I am quite straight-faced as I ask soberly: ‘But what on earth is whiteness that one should so desire it?’ Then always, somehow. some way, silently but clearly, I am given to understand that whiteness is the ownership of the earth forever and ever, Amen!” ~ W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of White Folk Titus Kaphar Holy Absence II (2014) image rp via phillips(dot)com peek-a-boo #tituskaphar #webdubois #thesoulsofwhitefolk #andtheyknowthatiknow #toowntheearth

“…some ceased fleeing and turned to face the demons that had been on our trail so long.” ~ James Baldwin House of Hunger (1983) Muse - Dambudzo Marechera Radiant Child - Zvangendaba Juma Based on a novel by Dambudzo Marechera Dir - Chris Austin #jamesbaldwin #thenewlostgeneration #someceasedfleeing #dambudzomarechera #iaminthewayofnothingbutiamintheway #houseofhunger #blacksunlight #lesclavevieilhommeetlemolosse #icouldjustalwayshearsomebodyrunning #andtheyknowthatiknow

@the.black.gaze “Of them, I am singularly clairvoyant. I see in and through them. I view them from unusual points of vantage…I see these souls undressed and from the back and side. I see the working of their entrails. I know their thoughts and they know that I know. This knowledge makes them now embarrassed, now furious.” ~ W.E.B. Du Bois Jimmie Mannas Mashramani, Guyana (1972) Muse - unnamed image via @jimmiemannasarchives clairvoyance. *J. Kameron Carter’s recent talk at ASU, “Reimagining Truth: Unraveling the Religion of Whiteness and Advancing a Black Ecology” gives a close reading of these words from Du Bois and it is def worth a listen. #jimmiemannas #jkameroncarter #webdubois #guyana #walterrodney #kamoinge #agroupofpeopleactingtogether #blackstudy #thesoulsofwhitefolk #andtheyknowthatiknow #mashramani

“Of them, I am singularly clairvoyant. I see in and through them. I view them from unusual points of vantage…I see these souls undressed and from the back and side. I see the working of their entrails. I know their thoughts and they know that I know. This knowledge makes them now embarrassed, now furious.” ~ W.E.B. Du Bois Jimmie Mannas Mashramani, Guyana (1972) Muse - unnamed image rp via @jimmiemannasarchives clairvoyance. *J. Kameron Carter’s recent talk at ASU, “Reimagining Truth: Unraveling the Religion of Whiteness and Advancing a Black Ecology” gives a close reading of these words from Du Bois and it is def worth a listen. #jimmiemannas #jkameroncarter #webdubois #guyana #walterrodney #kamoinge #agroupofpeopleactingtogether #blackstudy #thesoulsofwhitefolk #andtheyknowthatiknow #mashramani #singularlyclairvoyant #youreyesneverleftme #whereyourdiamonds #herbanglesjingle