The Appropriation of Black Aesthetics with Jemma DeCristo

Jemma DeCristo RETURNS! Her new book The Aesthetic Character of Blackness is out, and covers how revolutionary Black art is co-opted by capitalists and the state, and art's limits as a revolutionary tool (and it's widespread use as a counterinsurgent one).   The Aesthetic Character of Blackness: Sounds Like Us (Duke University Press) https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-aesthetic-character-of-blackness   Support Dahnoun Mutual Aid (Direct Support for People in Gazan) https://chuffed.org/project/115245-dahnoun-mutual-aid   Previously: Jemma on the Transgender Cultural District https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-transgender-f-105793639   Jemma and Ralowe on the narrowness of Leftist organizing on (the app) Signal https://www.patreon.com/posts/against-signal-123358271   Support the show and get new episodes early on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sadfrancisco