Two men were caught destroying a BLM art installation in Fairport village, resulting in a firing and community support for the cause.
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Posted inMovies
Tackling race in film
CITY has compiled a spotlight of 25 films and miniseries focusing on race in America.
Posted inMovies
Streaming: Miniseries reimagines “Hollywood” as more inclusive, earlier on
The Netflix miniseries explores what it might have looked like if the gatekeepers of the movie industry made an effort to diverge from the sexism, racism, and homophobia of the time and forged a new path.
Posted inCulture
Being Asian American in the time of COVID-19
A group of Korean adoptees will shed light on the current anti-Asian bigotry in the context of ongoing anti-Asian experiences.
Posted inNews & Opinion
Taking responsibility for hate
An upcoming discussion centers on the question “Why Do We Hate?”
Posted inCulture
Catching up with At The Crossroads
Since October of 2017, nine events have blended collaborative art performances, installations, and conversations that forefront the voices of women of color and queer people of color. Rachel DeGuzman shares programming planned through the fall.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
David Levinthal’s gaze: ‘War, Myth, Desire’ at Eastman Museum
The major retrospective presents the overarching themes present throughout Levinthal’s photographic career. But what does his lens have to say about his subject matter?
Posted inNews & Opinion
Feedback 4/18
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Call for artists: racist carousel panel to be replaced with a black panther
A call for artwork has been issued to replace the offensive caricature panel taken down from the Dentzel Carousel
Posted inNews & Opinion
Activists track local hate movement
Members of Metro Justice and Eastside Antifascists are tracking the actions of local individuals who participate in regional and national white nationalist and white supremacist rallies and are spreading racist ideologies on far-right message boards. Metro Justice’s organizing director, Colin O’Malley, says in the last year he has received word of individuals planning Rochester meetings […]
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Feedback 11/2
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