Armstrong’s layered portraits prompt a consideration of race that is not tethered to skin shades.
Author Archives: Lauren Lluveras
Lauren Lluveras is a PhD student in the University of Texas's African & African Diaspora Studies program where she studies the Caribbean, contemptible collectibles, and Black temporalities.
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The Bulldozing Effect of the Black Square
In the present, the black square says nothing about what is still needed to push things forward, and in the future, the black square will tell historians nothing about what we did.
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Joiri Minaya’s Tropical-Inflected Critiques of Colonialism
In unifying contemporary tropical realities with histories of colonization, Minaya demonstrates how imperialist attitudes survive in the discourse and commodification culture surrounding tropical tourism.