The ability to choose to enter a community, to make art and to leave once a project or session is complete or things get “too hard” is a privilege of the outsider community artist. When working in a community that is different from our own, it is essential to reflect, address and confront our own privilege in order to become conscious and committed to the work and to the community.
Knoxville Local Hero, Alex Haley, Has His Pulitzer Winning Book Removed
from Knoxville School Libraries
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In 1984 I was a school librarian at West High School in Knoxville, TN.
Ronald Reagan was President, and the strong sulfurous smell of
Christofascism was ...
3 hours ago
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