In France, talk of race is taboo. There’s not a census, or much studying of the mechanics of race,” he says… Before 2005, it was a little frustrating. People in the rest of the world didn’t know much about Paris, they only saw the romantic side of a cosmopolitan city, but so many of us are going through stuff. I think there’s a misconception. Prominent African-Americans who came over to Paris felt much more freedom, but for Caribbean French people, who came from slavery or colonialism, we are treated completely differently.
Now showing in Detroit at George N’Namdi’s Gallery and in New York City at Rush Arts Gallery (526 w 26th St. bet 10th & 11th ave in Chelsea as part of a show on Garveyism; the piece above is from the New York show.)
