I recently zipped through the net looking for thinks black and beautiful in the theatre and arts scene. Surprisingly there's not a ton of stuff out there. What does this mean? I think its a clear indication that we, and I mean all peoples of colour must write ourselves into the digital world. I was inspired by the blog uppitybrownwomen(I've added the link,) its systemic. Brian fawcett alluded to this in his book the disappearance of the world. The global village we keep hear about is making the world smaller ,but also whiter. oooppps! there,I said it. Even though we have instant communications, there is the idea that those who own the means of communication productions own the story. or, as M and M says "the medium is the message." Simply, if the people who have the access to the technology are the same as the ones who own the old technology(newspapers,books,economy.)the theme will remain the same.
The Disappearance of the World
Oral cultures took a back seat with the technological invention of writing. Writing made ideas permanent. unchanging. did not rely on memory. the printing press disseminated information. making one set of stories prevalent, while oral histories remained local. imperialism,capitalism spread its ideas through not only with force ,but his- stories lets move to the electric age. radio,television, NEWS,MOVIES,NOVELS,all spreading one story.
the global village makes the world smaller, because there is less diversity.
The WWW.
That being said, We have to write,post, print pictures, tell stories. make ourselves known, make the slight or large differences apparent. or we face disappearing, becoming an insignificant speck on the world wide web,
TRY THIS; Take a walk down your street, look at the amount of diversity you see, turn on your t.v (try CBC)is that diversity there? look at a newspaper?
Post. Write. Demand !
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