A Design Research on
Visual Identity Politics in an age of Cultural Diversity
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Huey's Re-Mix

Huey’s remix 2017: Jay Z’s The Story of OJ

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Screenshot taken at [2'10''] from "The Story of OJ" by Jay-Z and Mark Romanek

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Jay Z’s (still) nigga

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via Vevo.com

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Becky

Butt

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Sir Mix A Lot’s ‘Becky’

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Sir Mix-a-lot: Baby got back (1992)

Black face, White wash

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Washing the Blackamoor White

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Pears soap advert based on the fable Washing the Blackamoor white, published in the Graphic for Christmas 1884 Source: wikipedia

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Re-mix

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Bomani Jones’ Caucasians T Shirt

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Bomani Jones' remix of racist Cleveland Indians Logo

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Encyclopedia of —isms

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“The other half —the deeper meaning— lies in what is not being said, but is being fantasized, what is implied but cannot be shown.”
—Stuart Hall

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Little Black Sambo

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Little Black Sambo

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The Story of Little Black Sambo

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De Efteling’s “Monsieur Cannibale”

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Monsieur Cannibale @ The Efteling

The Mammy

Aunt Jemima Siropbottle

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Found in Vancouver (CA). December 2013