SEAMSIDE: Exploring the Inner Work of Textiles

OUR CHILDREN: A Story About Youth, Learning Race, and Tending Our Garden


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This textile piece, OUR CHILDREN, that we’re talking about today explores how we’re taught about our racial identity, gender, and sexuality from a young age. It’s a part of a collection I’m calling Southern White Amnesia which explores the stories that Southern white families tell (and don't tell) about their own family histories.

In this SEAMSIDE conversation, I share thoughts about: ① the first time I realized I was White ② the lingering legacy of off-handed comments ③ how to reprogram all those internal messages

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SEAMSIDE: Exploring the Inner Work of TextilesBy ZAK FOSTER

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