On this episode of Mic'd Up, host Mika Gadsden unpacks the problems associated with Charleston's tendency to lift up a concocted image of the area that's solely driven by the white gaze. Mika also speaks on the need for more cultural critics of color here in the Holy City's art scene.

Links To Content Featured in the Episode:

bell hooks on cultural criticism - youtu.be/KLMVqnyTo_0

Toni Morrison PBS News Hour - www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8pDyXX1rf0

NK Jemisin Award Speech - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFybhRxoVM

Please Read Shantay Robinson's piece on the need and value of Black Art Critics - https://www.blackartinamerica.com/index.php/2018/10/04/from-negro-art-to-post-black-art-black-art-criticism-is-essential/

Also Read Against The Odds: African-American Artists and the Harmon Foundation - www.amazon.com/Against-Odds-African-American-Artists-Foundation/dp/0932828221

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