Black memes are an archiving of Black culture and Black gesture that are Black authored, held captive in an infinite loop - a note made at the inaugural #BlackMeme #LegacyRussell reading group session at #MuseumofImpossibleForms Helsinki

More #BLACKMEME thoughts. I have a fascination with Betty Boop going back to my teenage years (I wore grungy torn up baby-girl slips & betty boop vest) So, it's case of racial appropriation (boop's speech style was jazz age scatting!) Story went viral then was retracted www.pbs.org/publiceditor...

Today, I'm #BusyBeingBlack with Legacy Russell. We explore her book, #BlackMeme, a timely investigation into visual culture that helps us appreciate and reckon with Black people's role in shaping the modern world.

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