#BlackLivesMatter Pratt Statement on the Murders of Terence Crutcher & Keith Lamont Scott
We at The Offing are signal boosting this statement of artists confronting the need to ensure that Black Lives Matter.
“It is our job as artists and visionaries to create a new framework for who we see and who must be acknowledged in the world. What can we do to stop the perpetual criminalization of the Black body? How do we get in front of the media’s criminalization of the dead? We vow to re-imagine what justice looks like and investigate who justice is serving. We intend on bringing in dialogue around black bodies and other bodies of color. We aim to bring in the dialogue around women’s, trans men and trans women’s bodies. We cannot be pacified by paid administrative leaves or shaken into silence through video loops of unnecessary violence, deaths and fear. We aim to honor the slain victims and the promise of this country. We will be given what we deserve. We will not go back to sleep.” — BLMPRATT
