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Original Sin: The Photography of Ayana V. Jackson

As images of people donning Blackface run rampant, and eager pop stars rush to get their “Black” on, one photographer is delving into a global sordid past, when the conversation of race was controlled by European colonists wielding science, power, privilege and the visual image to convince a world of a fictitious, human narrative that lives on today as stereotype.

Words: Jessica L. Moore
Art: Ayana V. Jackson

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