N-Word/Inward

N-Word/Inward, Inkjet print on Aluminum. 48” x 87” 2/2023

A short story about the dilution of Blackness throughout history to the present. We have had to rewrite, reimagine and reinvent ourselves through our thousands of years of history. We have had to adapt to being othered in pursuit of an identity descriptor that adequately captures the breadth of our contributions to civilization. In a world where language continues to evolve, what might the next iterations to describe us be?