Design for Social Equity

  Readings: Passing for White, passing for black by Adrian Piper https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/readings/piper.html The author is discussing going into auto pilot when talking to others that they feel judged by. One comment made is about how they insulted them and the auto pilot makes the insult take longer to be felt. The meaning of the words aren't registered right away. Many people believe this person was white because her skin reflected that but she is light-skinned and black. Many treated her as a white person due to what was seen on the outside. They stereotyped her and called her names when they found out she was colored.  Exhibit highlights art and urban design as immigration advocacy https://seattleglobalist.com/2019/01/01/exhibit-highlights-art-and-urban-design-as-immigration-advocacy/79531 Exhibit "Sanctuary: Design for Belonging" displays this artistic weaponry from floor to ceiling. Also with urban design proposals and local and histori...

Readings: Congressman John Lewis' Artistic Side https://craftsmanship.net/blog/congressman-john-lewis-artistic-side/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WINTER2021_06_Lewis Lewis had a long record on civil rights. Grew up in poverty and became a disciple of Martin Luther King Jr. Chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and an organizer of the 1960s most high profile marches fro voting rights and equality. Collected paintings and other artwork from black artists. Amongst his activism Lewis would take art appreciation classes with painter and educator Aaron Douglass. It changed his life. Lewis and Keith Washington had a friendship revolving around art. They would attend auctions and give each other art or attend an art appreciation class.  Atlanta creates the nation's largest free food forest with hopes of addressing food insecurity https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/22/us/atlanta-free-food-forest-trnd/index.html In Atlanta, farm land was re...