#Afrogreek

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Cultural and Ethnic groups of Greece by c.minoa

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Hey theitsa! I’m a second gen Greek-American and unfortunately a lot of my family is pretty racist. The reason why I bring this up is because they use a certain word for black people that, because of their ideology, I can’t trust is a respectful term. While I doubt it will come up in regular conversation, I’ve seen mostly debates about Ancient Greek terminology for black people and not modern Greek besides a quora post. Do you have any insight on this vocabulary issue? Ευχαριστώ θείτσα!

Hello there! The issue is not too clear in Greek either because the Black community in Greece is very small and also diverse. Looks like the most used and accepted term is "Afrogreek" but I've heard some call themselves Black ("Μαύρος") online and in a discussion by the Anassa institute.

"Afrogreek" is more prevalent because most Black people here atm are 1st, 2nd, 3rd gen immigrants from various African countries. Of course not all Black people identify as Africans so it's best to ask each individual what they're comfortable with.

In the TedEx below, Idra identifies as "Αφροελληνίδα" early on and few seconds afterwards as "μία Μαύρη γυναίκα". (Idk if "Μαύρη" should be capitalised but for now I'll keep it like they do in English)

Greek language doesn't feel too comfortable colouring people linguistically, especially since a few decades ago "Μαύρος" was used in the offensive call "ο Μαύρος" for Black people. (And still today) "Μαύρος άντρας/Μαύρη γυναίκα" are okay because "Μαύρος" in this is an adjective that describes the person. While in the offensive scenario the person is assumed to be their colour. In a similar fashion it's more polite to say "ο κοντός άντρας" instead of "Ο Κοντός".

In Greece people might not be too familiar with color terms for people but there's a need for the terms "Λευκός" and "Μαύρος" to exist in order for anti-racist discussions to take place.

The two words I mentioned (Μαύρος and Afrogreek) are the appropriate ones and - afaik - other terms are not acceptable. "Έγχρ��μος" , the translation of "person of color" is not acceptable and it also doesn't make sense linguistically for us, as Indra also notes in the video.

Now, just in case you want to know about a specific word, I'd say go ahead and ask by writing the word. (In ask or in a DM) You don't have to do it, I'm just saying. This will be for educational purposes only cause there are quite a few bad words around and I cannot imagine what your family uses. And we cannot know the proper context of words, and if they can or cannot be used, if we never ask about them. As long as we don't endorse slurs and don't use them to characterise people, it is okay to identify them and learn why they're wrong so the next time we hear them we can also explain to others why their use should be avoided.

Check my tag #afrogreeks for more! Searching "Afrogreek" on YouTube also gives some very interesting videos.

Anyone who knows more feel free to chime in!

[gemsofgreece]

Just a short interview of a Greek - Zambian girl living in the US!

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I HAD PROMISED I'D DRAW FANART OF @rocknpebbles REDESIGNS OF THESE TWO, and I finally found the time to do it!!!

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[punkeropercyjackson]

Afrolatino Percy Jackson thoughts dump i wanna put on blue baja blast

His name would NOT be Perseus.It dosen't roll off the tongue in spanish at all so Sally would name him Perseo

His middle name would also be Isadore,which is both of greek origin and a name an african american mom would absolutely name her son

Lightskin Percy is one ugly ass motherfucker and book innacurate.He looks exactly like Poseidon so poc Percy can't be mixed(but he would multietchnic by default,as he is canonically).Poseidon is afrogreek,Sally is afro-dominicana and they're both darkskin with strong features

If you make Percy black but not punk you're being weird and ignorant.Punk Percy is canon and black people created punk culture-starting in New Yorker at the same time it did England!!!-so there's no reason your Percy shouldn't not only be punk but AFROpunk.Grunge/Skater boy Percy isn't canon anyway and was popularized by white people projection so it has no say in afrolatino Percy

He had crushes on Starfire/Teen Titans 2003 Koriand'r and 1997/Brandy's Cinderella and they shaped his taste in women.He's black4black and yes,this includes when it comes to men.Jason was giving black biracial natural blonde in the books and Percy never had crushes on Luke or any male gods and Beckendorf was basically his older brother so he didn't have a crush on him either.Not every queer man liked older men as a kid but especially not Percy,whomst canonically hates older men for being older men.Too many of you are so flipadipping stupid💔

'Black boys glow blue in the moonlight' from Moonlight is extremely Percy-coded and he cried so hard he almost threw up watching I Saw The Tv Glow for the first time

His personality,experiences,treatment and perception(in-universe)are very representative of black autistics,especially but not limited to amab ones

^Stating amab because Percy reads as an afrolatino with a complex relathionship to gender that's healed with rejection of white masculinity and embracing black femininity culminating in identifying as transfem and bigender(he/they/she/neos)

Thalia,Rachel and Silena were black-coded too,Thalia as AA and Silena as creole but Rachel as nigerian yoruba with inmigrant parents,and this is why in the latter two cases they connected so well and clashed with Thalia as an intracommunity conflict metaphor.Thalia is platonically the stud to Percy's femme(tomboy/girly girl black sisters),Perachel haters are whole ass weirdos and Charlena was black love

Nico wasn't quite black-coded but he works better as black than white.He's a lot like 'soft sunshine nerdy black boy who's also ultra powerful and a little shit' characters and his name is literally Nico di Angelo,a black ass name as much as Percy Jackson is.Plus we need more black goth kid rep and my jamaican friend said it's a trope that black girls only have white siblings so that only made me headcanon black Nico further.He had an afro and when he's 17(in my Toa fixit/replacement,Tales of Dead Seas),he switches to dreads with a bun in the back

Percy and Hazel are so girldad and adoptive lesbian daughter he found and bonded with during the movie's/game's quest-coded.As has been pointed out by other black Pjo fans,their relathionship reads as black solidarity amongst a group of mostly nonblacks and she's the third to his and Nico's trio,called the Dead Sea Siblings since 1.Nico is the son of Hades,Hazel is the daughter of Pluto and Percy is the son of the sea god and 2.They're mediterranean by virtue of their greek heritage and Nico's italian too.Their bond deserved to be expanded on instead of discarded and so did Hazel as her own character and she's a Tods mc and gets her own solo book titled 'Hazel-Blood'.Sally is Percy's queen and Hazel is Percy's princess

His favorite music genres are rap,metal,bedroom rock and lo-bi beats,the last one influenced by Hazel's obsession with them.He can play guitar and he grew up listening to dominican/latino songs thanks to Sally blasting them around La Residencia Jackson all the time.Teezo Touchdown is his go to for road music

The sea does not like to be restrained so she switches hairstyles throught the series.Baby dreads in Tlt,wicks in Ttc,twists in Tlo,an afro in Son as she didn't remember what styles she liked on herself at the time but muscle memory gives herself dreads in the climax,diy's sea material based beads for them in Moa and grows her hair out so much by the time she's 19 she switches to locs.She decided to give herself a little girl treat by doing her hair the mermaidcore color technique too to celebrate her egg cracking(yellow,aqua,pink and purple were her choices and as per the requirements,the black with a white streak base stays)

Blue flan helps keep her mentally semi-sane and aquarium nails rewired her brain.She also owns a pair of pastel blue shorts with 'are you nasty?' on the ass in rhinestones she got as a ref to the Janet Jackson song

Also her,Tyson,Nico,Hazel and Estelle do the obvious 'Jackson Five' jokes and Sally and Paul join in

He's a hood nigga and can't turn it off and he's been made to feel bad about those things but by the Tods finale(at age 22)he's completely embraced it with pride and mocks suburbinates openly rather than just in his heads out of insecurity.Percy's the kinda guygirl to use 'Babygirl' as a romantic nickname unironically and nonsexually and wear hightop converse and sit on the curb eating street food next to the trucks he bought them from and watch black video game streamers then reference their lines irl

He's a very chalant dreadhead and owns a collection of blue durags and bought Sally a blue bonnet from Aphrodite that gives her perfect hair each night(Mamí's boyyyyyyy)

She gave up skateboarding because of greasy white boy posers but returned to it as symbolism for healing her inner child and transitioning.She was a skater boy,now she's a punk girl with a pretty face.Her board is black with blue cat and oceanic designs and she goes on petty crime sprees,uses her powers for enviormentalism,harasses Poseidon for money for Nico's chronic pain meds and mobility aids and gives Hazel special treatment to heal her from adultification trauma,knows how to diy things that don't even exist,drinks blue ingridients only battery acid and is the go-to for learning about punk culture amongst punks kids in Manhattan and in CHB for Percy's actual punk tactics

They've been sexually harrassed by white girls often enough to find snowbunny jokes deeply unfunny and even get angry at them and tell the people to make them this is why black women won't date them(wether they tell them they're a black woman themself to prove the point or not depends)

Sally's love of and inate connection to the sea is her dominican upbringing she passed down onto Percy coming through

Percy in blue togas and gold accesories,ripped pants and long chunky skirts,his Camp Half-Blood shirt with his battle jacket on top,blue cybersweetie dresses,waist beads,demonias and doc martens,thrifted graphic tops themed after his special interests,blackish blue lipstick and waterpoof glitter eyeshadow and black eyeliner years >>>>>>>>>>>>

She was definitely a gamer kid,she owned tamagotchis and went to arcades as safe spots and on her 12th birthday,Sally gifted her a blue nintendo ds she saved up to buy her.It was her only console for the longest time and she played so many games on it that combined with how much it meant to her she got it for her,she keeps it to this day and is very protective of it.Also,she would go hunting for cartridges of games based on existenting media she already was into as they hit different for her and she picked to play a girl in Pokemon(Percy,you EGG).And Sonic The Hedgehog kid Percy is a no brainer too,seeing......everything about Sonic as a franchise and Sonic as a character,he looks like Percy's fursona lmfao and peachdeluxe has the most accurate and Percycore human!Sonic ever

Please imagine Nico and Percy squishing Hazel into a hug as they both cover her in kisses and she giggles,happy stimming and non-seriously telling them to stop and that they're embarrassing her as if they aren't laying on her bed together.Please also imagine Percy showing up to Nico and Hazel's Special ED school he was supposed to attend when he was 9 but overheard Sally planning it over the phone and melted down so bad over it she never brought it up again,with a big box of homecooked blue stuffed cookies and a bag of ensures,on the day of Hazel's first art showcase as she's the president and founder of the art club there in her dcom episode ahh plot that transpired a month beforehand and her dreadfully learning what dilf means that day too

His hair is so afrotextured it can't be silkpressed,caused by Poseidon's divine status as his dad

She would recreate the Bubbline rock t-shirt and sweater to share between her and her girlfriend and want them to be Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum to her Marceline Abadeer The Vampire Queen(Percy Jackson The Sea Queen?).Matching icons,cosplay skits,singing Monster from Obsidian to them on her guitar,sending Bubbline tiktoks to eachother,attending Adventure Time events official and fanrun and even reading fics together.Encourage her to post the ones she wrote in her egg yearning days and her stitched heart you sowed back together is yours forever

Insert obligatory Percy is a New Yorker so he has beef with Imagine Dragons joke here

He thought cat cafes were gonna be white af and gentrified but went to one for the first time inbetween Botl and Tlo and now she's absolutely in love with them and goes to the one closest to La Residence Jackson twice a week and them,Nico,Hazel and whoevere blue's dating(read:whoever you ship Percy with,including yourself)are the only reason it's still in bussiness tbh

Percy's piercings are a spider bite,an eyebrow piercing,forward helix on both ears and a tongue ring.All done at home by Sally

He has a thing for women with afrobubble hairstyles and men with design fades

He rides for Leo almost as hard as Jason and Piper do and thinks he's based asf.Leo was intimidated by Percy's coolness at first,scared of looking like a loser in front of him,but Percy was so nice to him and openly as silly as him he let his guard down and now they're besties 4 life.Percy likes carrying Leo around and Leo clings to him and started his habit by randomly instigating it for no reason and Percy enjoyed doing it so it sticks.They compare their spanish dialects for fun and Leo gets Percy into game moding stuff while Percy gets Leo into surfing and Leo grows a close friendship to Nico and Hazel caused by Percy and even to Rachel,especially in Tods.They're painter/crafter solidarity and meet in the middle with arts and crafts and Leo is the red takis to Percy's blue takis

She copycats McDonalds recipes to make them but more delicious and also blue(when the boycott comes,she starts doing property damage on McDonalds buildings and Nico and Hazel valdalize them)

They definitely have a sweater that says 'The only blue life that matters' over a toony shark Thalia gave them

She's Spiderpunk in the universe he's a Spiderperson.Hobie Brown is so,SO book!Percy Jackson-coded and i'll give receipts!!

Bonus because my little brother(lesbian)said so and she has dreadlocks:This be Percy

[dharrenkendoll]

I swear I didn’t even plan this but VOILA!!!! 🤎👑

I should be behind the camera more

[amoqa]

ΙΟΥΝ16 Opening party of Visibly Invisible the exhibition: AfroGreek

(πληροφορίες στα ελληνικά παρακάτω)

Visibly Invisible the exhibition : A visual celebration of glorious Black bodies.

This exhibition seeks to explore the authenticity of what Blackness looks like within the Greek cultural context and LBGTQ+ curatorial practices in Athens and beyond. When we talk about Blackness and Greekness there is still a notion of otherness. This exhibition aims to disrupt the gaze of whiteness and how that has historically shaped the acceptable notion of Greekness in intersections with Blackness and Queerness. The default assumption that Greek bodies and especially queer bodies are white eurocentric does not apply here. This exhibition is a place of worship, reverence and celebration of Black bodies. Black bodies adorened in cultural Yoruba ileke* are captured by the lens of a Black woman in their nuanced complexity, their fluidity, their grandeur and gentle vulnerability and curated by a Black Greek Queer womxn. In this exhibition, Adeola Naomi Aderemi aims to create spaces for the hypervisible and simultaneously invisible queer women of African descent but also queer women in Greece generally to heal, care and commune with their femininity and that of those they share space with them. Visibly invisible seeks to pose the question of where Black bodies are, position them in the centre of the artistic and cultural spaces in Greece. Black Greekness exist loudly and proudly. 

* Ileke (waistbeads) in the Yoruba pantheon spiritual heritage and culture are worn in ancient and present times as a local healing method which could be spiritual (protect from obsessive spirits) or physical (cramps, infertility). The vernissage party of the exhibition opens up a  space for Black joy, rebellion and celebration. Black queer joy is revolutionary, contagious and worth celebration. Curated by Adeola Naomi Aderemi of Distinguished Diva Photographed by Elizabeth Okoh  

About Distinguished Diva

Distinguished Diva is a collective that aims to connect women of Africa descent beyond borders. Our  online collective fosters community building, communication, outreach and global accessibility for women of African heritage. We strongly believe that if we do not show up for one another, no one else will, for only we can understand the complexities of black womanhood. Distinguished Diva also recognizes the importance of physical connections and has produced events globally with the intention to gather Black women for fellowship, care, and the pooling of resources. Most recently we hosted a panel in collaboration with The New Museum in New York City, IdeasCity Conference where we gathered influential local artists and curators to explore the ways in which women of color can carve out space for themselves in the art world despite its exclusionary history.

Οpening of the Exhibition: Sunday 16/6. 20:30

Venue: AMOQA

Patision 14, Stoa Fexi, 5th floor

The entrance to the building and one of the two elevators, same as the WC of AMOQA are accessible.

Duration of the exhibition: 16 - 22/6

Opening hours of the exhibition: Mo. - Wedn. 6 - 9 pm, Thursday - Saturday 3 - 6 pm.

In the context of Aphrodite* festival / her* magic, her* work, her* desire, her* power, her* care

21-23 June – Film screenings, April to June – Workshops and events

More info at https://aphroditeproject.org/

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Ορατά αόρατες η έκθεση: Μια εικαστική γιορτή λαμπρών Μαύρων σωμάτων

Αυτή η έκθεση επιδιώκει να διερευνήσει την αυθεντικότητα του πώς η Μαύρη ταυτότητα εμφανίζεται εντός του ελληνικού πολιτισμικού πλαισίου και των ΛΟΑΤΚ+ καλλιτεχνικών πρακτικών στην Αθήνα και πέρα ​​από αυτή. Όταν μιλάμε για τη Μαύρη ταυτότητα και την ελληνικότητα, εντοπίζουμε μια έννοια αλλότητας. Αυτή η έκθεση επιχειρε�� να διαταράξει το βλέμμα της λευκότητας και πώς αυτή έχει ιστορικά διαμορφώσει τις κυρίαρχες εννοιολογήσεις της ελληνικότητας, όταν αυτή διασταυρώνεται με τη Μαύρη και την κουήρ ταυτότητα. H αδιαμφισβήτητη υπόθεση ότι τα ελληνικά σώματα και ειδικότερα τα κουήρ σώματα είναι λευκά και ευρωποκεντικά δεν επαληθεύεται στην παρούσα έκθεση. Η έκθεση αυτή αποτελεί ένα χώρο λατρείας, ευλάβειας και γιορτής των Μαύρων σωμάτων, τα οποία εκθειάζονται στην κουλτούρα του Yoruba Ileke*, φωτογραφημένα στην πολυπλοκότητα τους, τη ρευστότητα τους, τη μεγαλοπρέπεια τους και την ευαλωτότητά τους από μια Μαύρη γυναίκα και υπό την επιμέλεια μιας Μαύρης Ελληνίδας Κουήρ γυναίκας.

Με την παρούσα έκθεση η Adeola Naomi Aderemi επιδιώκει να δημιουργήσει χώρους για τις υπερεκτεθειμένες και ταυτόχρονα αόρατες κουήρ γυναίκες Αφρικανικής καταγωγής, αλλά και γενικότερα για τις κουήρ γυναίκες στην Ελλάδα. Σε αυτούς τους χώρους, όλες αυτές οι γυναίκες έχουν τη δυνατότητα να θεραπεύσουν, να φροντίσουν και να επικοινωνήσουν με τη θηλυκότητά τους, καθώς και με τη θηλυκότητα αυτών με τις οποίες μοιρ��ζονται έναν κοινό χώρο. Η έκθεση Ορατά Αόρατες επιχειρεί να θέσει το ερώτημα “Πού βρίσκονται τα Μαύρα σώματα;”, τοποθετώντας τα στο επίκεντρο των καλλιτεχνικών και πολιτιστικών χώρων στην Ελλάδα. Η μαύρη ελληνικότητα συνυπάρχει δυνατά και περήφανα.

* Τα Ileke (κολιέ μέσης) στο πάνθεον της πνευματικής κληρονομιάς και κουλτούρας Yoruba έχουν φορεθεί από την αρχαιότητα εώς σήμερα ως τοπική μέθοδος θεραπείας του πνεύματος (προστασία από καταπιεστικά στοιχεία), καθώς και του σώματος (κράμπες, μη γονιμότητα).

Το πάρτυ των εγκαινίων της έκθεσης ανοίγει έναν χώρο για τη Μαύρη χαρά, την εξέγερση και τη γιορτή. Η Μαύρη κουήρ χαρά είναι επαναστατική, μεταδοτική και αξίζει να γιορτάζεται.

Επιμελήτρια έκθεσης  Adeola Naomi Aderemi από Distinguished Diva

Φωτογράφος  Elizabeth Okoh  

Η Distinguished Diva είναι μια συλλογικότητα που στοχεύει στη σύνδεση των γυναικών της αφρικανικής διασποράς πέρα των συνόρων. Η διαδικτυακή κοινότητα Distinguished Diva ενισχύει του δεσμούς της κοινότητας, την μεταξύ τους επικοινωνία, την ευρύτητα της δράσης τους, καθώς και την παγκόσμια προσβασιμότητα των γυναικών αφρικανικής καταγωγής. Η ομάδα της Distinguished Diva πιστεύει ακράδαντα ότι μέσω της αμοιβαίας υποστήριξης μεταξύ Μαύρων γυναικών, που κανείς άλλος πέρα από τις ίδιες δεν δύναται να προσφέρει, είναι δυνατόν να αντιληφθούμε τις περιπλοκότητες της Μαύρης γυναίκας. Η Distinguished Diva αναγνωρί��ει επίσης τη σημασία της φυσικής συνεύρεσης εκτός διαδικτυακών χώρων και πραγματοποιεί εκδηλώσεις σε πολλά μέρη του κόσμου με σκοπό να συγκεντρώσει τις Μαύρες γυναίκες για την ενίσχυση της φιλίας, της φροντίδας και την εξεύρεση πόρων. Πρόσφατα, επιμελήθηκε ένα πάνελ σε συνεργασία με το New Museum στη Νέα Υόρκη, στα πλαίσια της πλατφόρμας IdeasCity, όπου συγκεντρώθηκαν επιφανείς καλλιτέχνιδες και επιμελήτριες της πόλης προκειμένου να διερευνήσουν τους τρόπους με τους οποίους οι women of color μπορούν να δημιουργήσουν χώρο για την εαυτή τους στον κόσμο της τέχνης παρά την ιστορία των αποκλεισμών τους.

Εγκαίνια έκθεσης: Κυριακή 16/6., 20.30

Τοποθεσία: AMOQA

Πατησίων 14, Στοά Φέξη, 5ος όροφος.

Η είσοδος του κτιρίου, το ένα από τα δύο ασανσέρ και η τουαλέτα είναι προσβάσιμα σε αμαξίδια.

Διάρκεια έκθεσης: 16 - 22/06

Ώρες ανοιχτές στο κοινό: Δευτέρα - Τετάρτη (17 - 19/6) 18.00 - 21.00, Πέμπτη - Σάββατο  (20 - 22/6) 15.00 - 18.00

Στα πλαίσια του φεστιβάλ Αφροδίτη* / Η μαγεία της*, το έργο της*, η επιθυμία της*, η δύναμη της*, η φροντίδα της* 21 - 23 Ιουνίου Κινηματογραφικές προβολές, Απρίλιος - Ιούνιος Εργαστήρια και δρώμενα

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες: https://aphroditeproject.org/

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9 Afrogreeks discuss: What does “I can’t breathe” mean in Greece

Everyday life, thoughts and experiences of the Afrogreeks in a conversation that you should not miss.

Onassis Stegi invited two Afrogreeks – Jackie Abhulimen and Eirini Niamouaia, Ontoul, both of whom have a background in legal representation and activism – to curate and chair a discussion of their own, with the participation of a group of young people living in Athens, about what “anti-Blackness” means in Greece. About how racism has touched their lives. The daily experiences of people of African descent around the world – the “Black Experience” – brim with projections and social stereotypes that often mean their voices cannot truly be heard. This manifests, in the main, as a kind of insurmountable “wall” that rises over and again before them, constantly blocking their path forward: yet another dimension of “I Can’t Breathe”. Learn more at https://www.onassis.org/el/news/9-afrogreeks-discuss-what-does-i-cant-breathe-mean-in-greece

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I Am Not your Negro & the AfroGreeks (Η ταινία «I Am Not your Negro» και οι Αφροέλληνες) Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων  Human Rights Day 10 Δεκεμβρίου 2020 Οι Αφροέλληνες βλέπουν την ταινία «I Am Not your Negro» και συζητούν για την προάσπιση των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων.   Το International Literature Festival Berlin οργάνωσε μία διεθνή πρόσκληση 44 χωρών για να τιμηθεί στις 10/12/2020 η Διεθνής Διακήρυξη των Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων, που έγινε το 1948 από τον ΟΗΕ, με την προβολή της ταινίας «I Am Not Your Negro» του Raoul Peck.    Πρόκειται για μια βραβευμένη ταινία ντοκιμαντέρ 95 λεπτών του 2016, που επιχειρεί να αποτυπώσει τον ρατσισμό της αμερικανικής κοινωνίας σε ένα χρονολογικό πανόραμα από το 1890 έως το 2014. Η ταινία, ως κινηματογραφικό κολάζ, βασίζεται στις 30 σελίδες του τελευταίου και ανολοκλήρωτου βιβλίου του James Baldwin αποτυπώνοντας την ιστορία της δολοφονίας των τριών φίλων του από το κίνημα πολιτικών δικαιωμάτων στη δεκαετία του 1960: του Medgar Evers (+1963), του Malcolm X (+1965) και του Martin Luther King Jr (+1968). Η ταινία θα προβληθεί την ίδια ημέρα σε 20 χώρες. Η Ελλάδα συμμετέχει με μια δράση που γίνεται στα πλαίσια του έργου «the AfroGreeks»: Η διαδικτυακή προβολή της ταινίας «I Am Not Your Negro» θα είναι 24ωρη και θα ξεκινήσει από τα μεσάνυχτα της 10ης  Δεκεμβρίου στη διεύθυνση https://online.tainiothiki.gr/page/i-am-not-your-negro-human-rights-day/ συνοδευμένη από ένα βίντεο με τις αντιδράσεις των πρώτων Αφροελλήνων θεατών που βλέπουν την ταινία για πρώτη φορά. Το βίντεο αυτό θα προβάλλεται μαζί με την ταινία δίνοντας ερεθίσματα στους διαδικτυακούς θεατές να θέσουν τα ερωτήματά τους στη συζήτηση με τους Αφροέλληνες πρωταγωνιστές του έργου «the AfroGreeks» που θα γίνει μέσω zoom webinar την Πέμπτη 10/12/2020 στις 19.00. Το link εγγραφής στη συζήτηση είναι αυτό: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TBg_NwczRnyyn2YHbaynSw Η δράση σηματοδοτεί την έναρξη του εργαστηρίου για το έργο «the AfroGreeks».  Το έργο «the AfroGreeks» κινηματογραφείται εδώ και 4 χρόνια από τον Μενέλαο Καραμαγγιώλη & την ομάδα Døcumatism για να εκτεθεί ως βίντεο εγκατάσταση που θα περιέχει ζωντανές εκδηλώσεις με Αφροέλληνες καλλιτέχνες. Η αρχική φάση https://www.instagram.com/p/CIn27zypwue_P1KJDuRsSQJWWPin60HfCyP7UU0/?igshid=wud4njjaujwh

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"Όχι καλέ γιατί να δώσουμε άδεια παραμονής σε άτομα που γεννήθηκαν εδώ, δεν είναι ότι θα τους πάμε φυλακή χωρίς λόγο ή κάτι τέτοιο"

- Η Ελληνική αστυνομία κατά πάσα πιθανότητα 🤡

[gemsofgreece]

Giannis Antetokounmpo signs his jersey for a fan after the Greece - Belgium game in Athens 😊

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Watch "9 Afrogreeks discuss: What does "I can't breathe" mean in Greece | Full Talk" on YouTube

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"The AfroGreeks"

The AfroGreeks is a collective community project in progress that will be presented as a video installation, accompanied by live events, podcasts, workshops, open discussions, film screenings, co-operations with the communities, and other actions. It aims to give a voice and a means of expression to the “invisible” ones of Athens who stand up for being Greeks of African origin/descent.

Read more about the community in their About page.

I saw they were active even in 2024 events, so keep an eye out for them!

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I finally came around to watching this and it was a very good discussion. The Greeks talked about how much the directors in Greece restrict them to certain roles, so they cannot be just people, but stereotypes. The USAmericans shared their own stories of struggle and success, and were also shocked to hear that Greece is so behind on those things, where we still have the occasional blackface and roles "destined for White people" (aka, the Greek audience does not expect to see Black people on those roles).

Jerome (on the Greek side) explained that this happens because the Black population in Greece is relatively new, since it was in the 80s that a community started to appear because of African immigrants. This is a new thing for the Greek public to accept, to accept that Black people can speak fluent Greek and to see that on TV. In comparison, in the US no one is surprised that a Black person can speak English. Our histories and societies are different, and the Greeks shone a light on that.

What came from this discussion is that the solution stems from creating a new table, and not waiting to sit at the "main" table and seek the approval of the gatekeepers of the industry. Resources in Greece are scarce compared to the US, especially in the entertainment industry. While it's not as easy to just do a project on your own here, the Greeks felt inspired and determined to take this as the next step.

Jerome said that when he and his group did things on their own in the past, they realized the Greek audience was already receptive. What blocked them was the (White) gatekeepers of the industry who never gave them space. We have come some way from the day of this discussion but the issues discussed on the video are still relevant. What is good is that the audience is definitely there and ready to see what those creative minds have in store!