When I said that this was harmful & that the Black woman who was hired, knowing what this panel stood for & why she was being used as a statement against me was wrong for this, I was accused of being jealous, of imagining a correlation w/her hiring being announced a week later.
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The thing I can say about the panelists is that most of them knew that this was fucked up & wrong & they opened it up for Q+A, even though Spector told them not to, and later screamed at 1 for "defying me". Screamed at a grown woman for opening up a public Q+A at a museum.
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It has not been easy being blamed for what you've experienced, what no one should experience and then being ostracized by ppl in your field as though you did something wrong. I will never EVER forget those that left me for dead. I got your number, bitch(es).
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Thank you to everyone who has publicly stood by me, defended me when so many wouldn't & watched on social media so much of this go down. For ppl not in the art world watching, some of the responses have only confirmed why the public they serve feel so disconnected from them.
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I am still finding the words for my experience, and how I want to say them & when. I understood the risk that I took speaking up, but I didn't have a choice & it was unfair that I even had to make that: my career, or my dignity & my sense of self. But I chose myself.
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And I will never ever regret it. Of course I have fears, but I know that I did an amazing and historic and game-changing show. And I'm talented as fuck. And I have faith in things unseen and unknown. My faith has always been bigger than my fear -- b/c it has to be.
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People have asked if I want or need anything. I'm collecting money to give to the most vulnerable organizers on the ground & I'm sharing screenshots on Instagram, like here: https://www.instagram.com/lalabouvier/ My Cash App & Venmo are LaLaBoux and my PayPal is: https://www.paypal.me/chaedria
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If you're so inclined, you can give there & i will be sharing the receipts on Instagram. So far, I've been able to give $5K to trans women of color, disabled persons, Black women and food insecure organizers for mundane things like food, money for cell phone bills, PPE, etc.
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I just ask that when you tell the story that you remember I am still finding my words to fully say my piece. And I through all of this, put on an amazing show & made history baby. Pls do not let that be lost & defined by what they tried to do to me & my darling show.pic.twitter.com/O0HOzutC9Y
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A Black woman did this. She did Basquiat justice. Michael Stewart justice. Discovered art history. Was the first Black curator to curate a show at one of the most racist museums in the country. With one hand tied behind her back. And she still killed it.pic.twitter.com/Ad9xjiHaPn
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