taking so much powers because they re scared. we know this and they don t know what to do about it. when you do not know what to do about it you do what you can do most easily invest. these are people who run these comments to the corporations, so what they re doing is trying to do what they do best. by digging in harder and harder. they re trying to get every bit out there. it s a little bit like football players a quarterback is winning a game but he starts handing over the vaulted opposition. he wants to go for 50 points or something. that s kind of the system we have. when will it change? it will change right away, it is changing but we have to keep sending that message that it is not the number of touchdowns you make, it s not the money you make that counts. you and i we all need to send a new message out there. let s let s face it, we have been sending a message that says, i want good tennis shoes at a reasonable price and if that means it has to be made by slaves in in
identify for us today but thank you so much again for being part of this panel. i know some of this participants so k? good afternoon. i know there are educators here what someone says good afternoon you give a stronger turn, good afternoon. i love it. thank you. iwant to apologize , the state is being held up in this case, they train the rail, not history so he had to drive here from dc. he should be coming soon. it will be here as well about 215, that show kicked me off and i m going to be sitting out here with you guys but i m excited about this. i am an artist but my title has always been about digital art and digital technology and coming down here when i start doing this i was taking about two different periods read on, before.com in the early 90s and early box office and how those two things help change the direction of a lot of black artists. those were two of the first times i thought, online before it came black planet were one of the fewplaces you can see black a
of it you can control. to be vulnerable and do the best work, and the diverse truth of people around the world, in the discourse, and the global something it was fabulous to see, and the issues in different ways to get the feminist, the immigrants, people who were concerned about police violence. it is not unusual to see dreamers who came here very young but are still deportable, involved in black lives matter. and very much involved in what is happening in haiti and brazil, and more and more, the new generation, we have these intersections. and we see what the gentleman was saying, we can t have change without one another. the merging of identity, what the writing should be, we do it sometimes for laughter, sometimes this other purpose. it is becoming somebody else, you should feel free within your imagination, if you want to write that is what is great about octavia butler, helping out with space travel and futurism, you can go to the past and the present where you can go
was saying, we can t have change without one another. the merging of identity, what the writing should be, we do it sometimes for laughter, sometimes this other purpose. it is becoming somebody else, you should feel free within your imagination, if you want to write that is what is great about octavia butler, helping out with space travel and futurism, you can go to the past and the present where you can go to the future and write about different people, you can be the black woman writer, you are free to do all of that. which actually brings us back to the beginning of the discussion, the destruction of that dualism, intersection out he seems to be the roadmap, that is the roadmap we have to follow as we move into the future. i think we are done. i want to thank our panelists, all the great questions and your attention, thank you very much. thank you so much. i want to leave with this quote from charles johnson. when art is at its best, it liberates our perception. thank
one of my latest book i talk about, importance of vision, i don t know how she does it. tickets better and better every year, so thank you for having a vision and i want to thank c-span book tv for being here today and giving us an opportunity to share this wonderful information and let s make sure to use social media and a share, share. facebook, twitter, center for black lit and next panel starts in about 15 minutes called the black writer in digital age. [inaudible conversations] again, good afternoon. good afternoon one more time. our next panel, black writers in the digital age. black writers in the digital age and i m excited about this panel he will be joined by individuals he is going to identify force today, but again thank you so much for being part of this panel. i know you will find this to be very exciting. could afternoon. i know there are educators here and students, but give a stronger turn. good afternoon. love it. welcome. first it would apologize. they