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I don’t want a piece of the cake…
The Recipe No reason to Expect respect You never gave Me it before You stroke my arm Treat me as a child You help yourself Say you know best Your kindly tone Belies the truth Your gratitude Has...
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“I’m not racist”
I hear this line of defense so often when I challenge white people on racist behaviours. I had the privilege of listening to a recording in which Tracey Bunda, speaking on a panel “Women of the First...
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Community: the illusion of inclusion
On the Queen’s birthday weekend I traveled to Sydney to perform at POC the MIC Sydney: “a performance night featuring people of colour spoken word, burlesque and more” that was held during Camp Betty...
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“Where are you from?”
In response to your question: “Where are you from?” Why do you ask? Is it your curiosity in the ‘origin of my features’? Is it your fascination for ‘other’ cultures and what they have to offer you? Why...
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Good White Person
Yes, ol’ fashioned racism can and does get to me. Those racial slurs as I ride my bicycle, being the only one followed by the security guard, or the never-really-random airport search, but most days,...
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The Kreayshawn complex: cultural appropriation as counter-cultural expression
Kreayshawn is a white girl rapper from Oakland, California who sloppily slings misogynistic, hedonistic rhymes and whose crew “White Girl Mob” throws about the n-word for extra charm. This post isn’t...
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Australian born Indian: cultural heritage, appropriation and identity
I support myself as a professional artist and I recently left my gallery representation in Melbourne when I realised they had begun representing a white artist whose work has appropriated Indigenous...
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imitation is the white$t form of flattery
with a line from my poem “Did anyone ever tell you that you look like Kreayshawn?” [image: hand holding the earth, the word “IMITATION” is visible across the earth in a thick letters with images of...
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Contemporary art and the cutting edge of cultural appropriation
Recently, a video on Vimeo by art:broken called “P.A.M.: it’s a white thing too”[1] caused a social media ruckus, mostly in parts of Melbourne, Australia. It’s a video critique of an exhibit in the...
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The Yams on the Whitney and White Supremacy
An interview with the HowDoYouSayYaminAfrican? collective who withdrew in protest from the Whitney Biennial.
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