COMM 206 Chapter Notes - Chapter WWB Ch 11: Zora Neale Hurston, Dave Chappelle, Zadie Smith
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Who we be chapter 11 i am i be. Multiculturalism lets artists of color avoid pre-scripted roles: free from burden of representing positivity or confirming oppression. Just be, and choose what to represent (214) To(cid:374)e(cid:859)s true portra(cid:455)ed (cid:455)ou(cid:374)g (cid:271)la(cid:272)k (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s dail(cid:455) life, simply being: but it needed context and specificity, e. g. (cid:862)(cid:449)azzup(cid:863) = a(cid:272)t of re(cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374); (cid:374)eeded all-black cast, black director. Budweiser used true realized they should stick with original all-black cast. The cultural politics of difference, and their discontents. Dave chapelle skit: order fried chicken (stereotype) or fish, micro-pressures of post-multiculturalism how you viewed yourself vs how others did, burden of representation. Post-black = (cid:862)i(cid:374)side joke(cid:863: truggles & jo(cid:455)s of (cid:271)la(cid:272)k artists(cid:859) positio(cid:374)s, shared knowledge that most of the art world ignored artists(cid:859) biographies, works, values, positions within debate over black art. Painter raymond saunders opposed black art movement: art projects beyond race/color no group has exclusive rights, destroy limitations so that color is the means, not the end.
