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Thursday, May 02, 2024
Artists of color say Pittsburgh has "perfected racism." What would real progress look like?
Visual Art | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: On paper, Pittsburgh looks like a vibrant arts city. It also looks like a city with serious racial inequities. Artists of color say it's both.
They likewise say this doesn't need to be the case. The city's institutions adopted sweeping diversity, equity, and inclusion policies following the 2018 killing of Antwon Rose Jr., a scathing 2019 report detailing a deadly gulf in pre- and postnatal health outcomes for Pittsburgh's Black women, and the 2020 murder of George Floyd.
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