#largerthanart

[riospalante]

My heart is filled with immense pride for my family, my people when I see this awesome shot from @mach3te ! We are the direct descendants of the “discovery” Seeing a manifestation of my concept donned by the flag, and Taino art is cathartic! Thank you @mach3te for not only supporting my art but also helping me remember what I do this for. This is not just a “figure” but a culmination of all the internal frictions and glory that is hidden behind the eyes of a Puerto Rican! 🇵🇷✊🏽 🏝 🐸 #boriquaartist #fustamps #puertoricanpride #poc #largerthanart #vivapuertorico #southbronxartist #palante #newyorican (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjrnL6HJao/?igshid=as8r3ofbqem9

[i-am-fugitive]

CLUE #2….

When will you realize that your blackness has never been the real issue. This struggle/fight was never about your blackness (race was essentially just the cleverly conceived distraction). The true war being waged against us has always been a war for our humanity. (Be black and proud all you like.) They’ve never TRULY given a damn about your “BLACK-NESS”. That’s never been what they truly wanted to have. No. What they’ve always wanted to take from you. What they truly envied in you, was that thing called humanity. After-all the most powerful and precious resource buried deep in the heart and soul of MAN is FREEDOM – it is the true BLOOD DIAMOND. To rob or deny a man’s freedom is to negate and strip them of their humanity. It is with this knowledge/understanding, and by this nefarious sleight of hand that the so-called “white” man has been able to construct the illusion and idea of humanity (as based upon his supremacy) in THIS world.

He who holds the keys to freedom, holds the keys to reason; authors history (HIS-Story) and thus defines and arbitrates humanity. It is by this very fact that your blackness STILL holds no real value in THIS world. It is why “black” lives are STILL essentially disposable. Your blackness, is STILL merely proof and symbol of your objectified thing-hood. It still ultimately says that you, are to be bought, sold and discarded of at will. And it is also by this very fact that while they keep you focused and preoccupied with blackness they can continue to systematically negate, strip and rob you of your humanity. It is for this very reason that we are losing our minds (FUCKED UP) in THIS world. It is because we will not awaken to the truth and fact that our ENTIRE existence has been based upon a lie. It is the lie that has tricked us into capitulating our humanity – THE ORIGINAL, REAL AND AUTHENTIC VERSION – in order to chase an inferior copy created by those who had not a clue of what it meant to TRULY be humane.

And it is the result of this – the trauma brought about as a result of this perverted reality and lie – that THIS world is driving us insane! This is why we are experiencing so much mental illness. This is why we are shooting ourselves dead in the streets. This is why we are killing ourselves. It is because we are allergic to this world/reality to which we exist, yet are too dependent and addicted to free ourselves – from that which is essentially destroying us. It is under these conditions that we, as BLACK consumers, essentially consume the poison that is our death.

Make no mistake. I’m not chasing blackness. Y'all can have BLACK-NESS. Y'all can have Black Lives Matter. Y'all can have Black and Proud. Y'all can have All Black Everything. Hell, y'all can even have nigger. Y'all can have ALL that frivolous bullshit. I’m coming for what is MINE. I’m coming for my freedom. I’m coming for my HUMANITY! Therefore. No. I’m not unapologetically black. I am unapologetically HUMAN.

Ready or Not….