“blacktober?! how would you feel if we did a whitetober!? ”

as if artists haven’t been erasing BIPOC features and trying to portray us as more white for CENTURIES.
it has ALWAYS been whitetober.

Featured:
A portrait of Frederick Douglass (yes, really!!!)
An indigenous Filipino man named Jeoly from Mindanao in the late 16th century, named Prince Giolo by his captors, displayed around Europe for his tribal tattoos like exotic merchandise.
Pocahontas,
and Jesus

can you believe this is supposed to be the same man

people think we got mad about Nessa for trivial reasons, like this is all just “modern SJW outrage” coming out of nowhere for “clout”

if you’re not mad you’re not paying attention. learn some history and then we can talk

artists participating in Blacktober are channeling the energy of being erased and ignored for so long in a positive, beautiful way!!! BOTH in making original charas and in re-imagining beloved media with the representation & inclusion they’ve been denied for centuries.

I made this thread very fast while commuting + tweeting sucks as a medium so sorry if it’s not well articulated but while I’m here
why is this portrait of Pocahontas giving me “Bethaniegh LeighAnne at the DeltaBetaPhi Thanksgiving Mixer” vibes they did her dirty