That’s when Detroit muralist Sydney James called us.

“All of these white artists painted Black people,” she says. “There was no vetting process or anything. They said, ‘Hey we can come in and paint these walls,’ and the city said OK, but they make Detroit artists go through the wringer and do all these community activations before they can put something up. These European artists weren’t asked to do all of that.”


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  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    international labor at below market rate.

    Lol not the first time this city got boned by that.

    • @raoulraoulOP
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      11 year ago

      Laugh it up, Chuckles. It’s not the city that got boned.