• ephemera
  • offset-printed
  • loose leaves
  • black-and-white
  • 5 x 8.9 cm.
  • [2] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

"Dear Friend... I am black..."

Adrian Piper

description

Business card sized text by Adrian Piper that reads:

"Dear Friend,

I am black.

I am sure you did not realize this when you make/laughed
at/agreed with that racist remark. In the past, I have attempted to alert white people to my racial identity in advance. Unfortunately, this invariably causes them to react to me as pushy, manipulative, or socially inappropriate. Therefore, my policy is to assume that white people do not make these remarks, even when they believe there are no black people present, and to distribute this card when they do.

I regret any discomfort my presence is causing you, just as I am sure you regret the discomfort your racism is causing me."

references

No. 381 in "Extra Art : A Survey of Artists' Ephemera 1960 - 1999" by Steven Leiber, Ralph Rugoff, Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Todd Alden, Ted Purves. San Francisco / Santa Monica, CA : California College of Arts and Crafts [CCAC] / Smart Art Press, 2001, pp. 110.
n.p., n.p.: Angry Art,
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