Hank Willis Thomas Photos Are More Applicable Now Than Ever Before

[Dad]

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

no they arent....not even close

they are actually disprespectful to what our ancestors endured.....

photographer is a clown

liken actual slaves to cats making millions to play sports OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL brehs....

 

[Dad]

no they arent....not even close

they are actually disprespectful to what our ancestors endured.....

photographer is a clown

liken actual slaves to cats making millions to play sports OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL brehs....

The point of his work is to show that black exploitation did'nt end with slavery, but continued with sharecropping, lynching, and redlining, and still continues with the NFL, NBA, and police brutality. The goal is to show that these chapters arent closed historical episodes, but instead as experiences on a continuum, shifting with time and always under constant, bodily negotiation.

 

[Will Ross]

The point of his work is to show that black exploitation did'nt end with slavery, but continued with sharecropping, lynching, and redlining, and still continues with the NFL, NBA, and police brutality. The goal is to show that these chapters arent closed historical episodes, but instead as experiences on a continuum, shifting with time and always under constant, bodily negotiation.

You cant compare a people that had no freedoms with ones that do.

 

[Dad]

You cant compare a people that had no freedoms with ones that do.

I respect my ancestors and all that they endured and sacrificed for me but I'm not going to turn a blind eye and act like slavery still doesn't exist in other forms.

 

[@OffHalsted]

let nikkas play ball & stfuI hate goofy symbolic shyt like this....

nikkas getting millions to throw a ball.....

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

I respect my ancestors and all that they endured and sacrificed for me but I'm not going to turn a blind eye and act like slavery still doesn't exist in other forms.

wish he would have had photos addressing prison. sending people to jail for not violent crimes or "3 strikes" is really the real slavery especially when those same prisons are made to work for little to nothing.

 

[big bun]

Those photos are stupid.

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

The point of his work is to show that black exploitation did'nt end with slavery, but continued with sharecropping, lynching, and redlining, and still continues with the NFL, NBA, and police brutality. The goal is to show that these chapters arent closed historical episodes, but instead as experiences on a continuum, shifting with time and always under constant, bodily negotiation.

so let me get this straight....

cats choosing...of their own free will to play a game for millions of dollars are exploited?

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

I respect my ancestors and all that they endured and sacrificed for me but I'm not going to turn a blind eye and act like slavery still doesn't exist in other forms.

so slavery exists in the NFL?

 

[Dad]

so slavery exists in the NFL?

Book Compares Pro Sports to Slavery

 

[George's Dilemma]

I get the point of comparing organized sports to slavery, but considering the money they're making and lifestyle they're living its definitely an imperfect comparison. Slavery never paid so well nor looked so good. Most working Black people would gladly trade incomes with their oppressed athletic brethren.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

no they arent....not even close

they are actually disprespectful to what our ancestors endured.....

photographer is a clown

liken actual slaves to cats making millions to play sports OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL brehs....

I think theyre are similarities to ownership in sports but not a direct correllation and this is some college level freshman shyt