Why is black art so limited in scope? - No, I’m not saying black people suck.

[Gig Bucking Fun]

A thought that crosses my mind anytime I think about black directed movies or black authored books is how limited the scope of thematic topics for the art is. Black movies will often tie in to what is known as “the black experience” in some way or another, referencing racism or oppression even when it might not fit in with the main message of the movie. Books written by black authors, however, are even worse. Many, if not an overwhelming majority, of these works written have to do with “the black experience”.

Why is the theme of “the black experience” so prevalent in black works of art? Is the color of their skin really that big of a part of a majority of black artists’ identities? Are these racially-centered works just more visible; being pushed more often and harder?

 

[Toolbox]

Anything that is advertised with the creator's race will typically be limited to a small scope of shitty over explored topics. This ends up being true for works from any minority where the campaign surrounding it blasts you with that fact.

 

[Idiot Doom Spiral]

‘Black Art’ boils down to ghetto glorification, slavery fetishisation and graffiti.

Generally, they literally have neither the intelligence nor creativity to do anything else.

 

[Lone MacReady]

The 7% archaic admixture in the DNA really hurts their creativity, but it allows them to accel at sucker punching and looting footlockers.

 

[Stabmaster Arson]

The 7% archaic admixture in the DNA really hurts their creativity, but it allows them to accel at sucker punching and looting footlockers.

Those sneakers are reparations, and an expression of artistic freedom to resist tyranny.

 

[SiccDicc]

Because monkey can only do what it sees.

 

[Bonesjones]

There's been plenty of complaints from Black people who want to do stuff, but it gets rejected for not being black enough. Just normal jew shit.

 

[Skitarii]

Yeah I definitely remember that section of the count of monte cristo where alexandre dumas tries to relate imprisonment in the chatêau d'if to african slavery

 

[Wormy]

I wonder how many of the people here going "Niggers can't do creative works!" have done anything themselves worth a shit....

 

[snailslime]

your post just shows that you don't know shit about ancient africa lol.

 

[Zyklon Ben's Poison Pen]

Oof love the butthurt in some of these replies.

Narcissism and they are trained to be so, If they can get over the hump of their self obsessed melanin disability then they might produce good art.

 

[Beautiful Border]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who's noticed this. Black people seem to be utterly obsessed with their own blackness.

Black historian? Specialises in black history and how black people have been oppressed. Black musician? Their music is about being black. Black author? Their books are about being black. Black film director? Their movies are about being black. Black comedian? Their jokes are about being black. Try and name a single famous black person who hasn't tried to publicly centre their own blackness at least once. No other racial or ethnic group does this, or at least not anywhere close to this degree.

Simon Webb/History Debunked has also made a video talking about this.

 

[Tomboy Respecter]

your post just shows that you don't know shit about ancient africa lol.

Neither do you if you think modern day blacks have any meaningful connections to Africa other than genetics.
Also,
>Ancient Africa
By that logic, Japanese people are experts in Ancient China because some of their ancestry (both recent (as in the 1000-1300s recent) and ancient) comes from there. Same thing with modern day Italians and Etruscans.

 

[Gig Bucking Fun]

Yeah I definitely remember that section of the count of monte cristo where alexandre dumas tries to relate imprisonment in the chatêau d'if to african slavery

Understand context, you flaccid-brain monkey. I said *most* not *all*, and I said especially nowadays. Name me three wide-release movies directed by a black man in the last five years that didn’t circle back to some theme of oppression or racism.

 

[snailslime]

Neither do you if you think modern day blacks have any meaningful connections to Africa other than genetics.
Also,
>Ancient Africa
By that logic, Japanese people are experts in Ancient China because some of their ancestry (both recent (as in the 1000-1300s recent) and ancient) comes from there. Same thing with modern day Italians and Etruscans.

do you have any meaningful connections to artists of your ethnicity, other than genetics? have you produced any piece of art that's worth a damn?

 

[Skitarii]

Understand context, you flaccid-brain monkey. I said *most* not *all*, and I said especially nowadays. Name me three wide-release movies directed by a black man in the last five years that didn’t circle back to some theme of oppression or racism.

Black panther
Black panther 2
Black panther 3: this time it's panthernal

 

[Iron Jaguar]

Do you really need us to answer that?

 

[Idiot Doom Spiral]

do you have any meaningful connections to artists of your ethnicity, other than genetics? have you produced any piece of art that's worth a damn?

Always love the braindead argument that you can’t criticise an artist unless you’ve produced fucking caravaggio-tier works yourself.

Horseshit. I can form an opinion on art without being a creator.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

Yeah I definitely remember that section of the count of monte cristo where alexandre dumas tries to relate imprisonment in the chatêau d'if to african slavery

Oh, you've bought into the AlExAnDrE dUmAs WuZ a KaNg thing, eh?

 

[snailslime]

Always love the braindead argument that you can’t criticise an artist unless you’ve produced fucking caravaggio-tier works yourself.

Horseshit. I can form an opinion on art without being a creator.

this thread is absolutely not about "critiquing art".