Sublime

of Latinx, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Native peoples and all the world’s degraded peoples, from the Roma and Jews of Europe to the aboriginals of Australia to the White people battered for their religion, class, gender, transgender identity, ethnicity, sexuality, body size, age, and disability. The gift of seeing myself as Black instead of

African Americans in the advertising industry were in the unique position of being creators and interpreters of black life and culture. In these roles they actively defined the meaning of “black consumer” for both prospective clients and the public. Additionally, they presented conspicuous consumption to blacks as a means to both middle-class

how Blackness is selectively celebrated (and contained) within the white imagination.

Kara Walker

environmentalism of the injured—less a name for a specific movement than a name for a thread of resistance that has long existed in environmental arenas.