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Toward an Anti-Racist Artmaking and Teaching Agenda: Part 2

2020, Medium.com

Part 2 of an open letter written on June 8, 2020 to my field of fellow creatives — a letter challenging all artists, designers, and craftspersons, alongside educators and creative leaders at all levels of instruction, to come together in shaping an effective anti-racist agenda for the 21st century. (See attached website link).

Making Black Lives Matter: Toward an Anti-Racist Artmaking and Teaching Agenda - Part 2 I wrote out my open letter to fellow creatives in longhand first, just to get it out of my system. An Anti-Racist Approach to Art Education According to systems theory, separate and distinct systems can sometimes be nested within one another—either parasitically like an infestation of fleas on a dog, or symbiotically like clownfish seeking protection amongst the stinging tentacles of a cluster of sea anemone. There is at least one other such relationship—one system can also be a catalyst for change within a larger system that it nests within, working from the inside out. While racism is a system for white supremacy and rendering Black lives meaningless, the arts are a meaning-making system. For access to complete second half of letter, click on the following link: https://medium.com/@JamesHaywoodRollingJr/toward-an-anti-racist-artmaking-and-teaching-agenda-part-2-d175a92888e4