Basquiat's Defacement: Racist Police Brutality and Property Damage

We're looking at the relationship between police brutality and property damage through Jean-Michel Basquiat's Defacement, a painting made to commemorate the murder, by the police, of the artist Michael Stewart. Basquiat and Stewart shared many things in common which made Basquiat even more sensitive to the tragedy. Learn more about racism, police brutality, private property through Basquiat's Defacement.

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Basquiat's "Defacement": Trauma, Majesty & State Violence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plrlym2odOc

"Defacement:" Ambivalence, Identity, and Black Lives Matter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiMFonSaedo

Jean Michel Basquiat Documentary The Radiant Child: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMkkkf_MPw4

Style Wars (1983): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4jniA9QsNI

Keith Haring Arrested & Interviewed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL58OM1vx6g

How Can We Stay Safe In A Country That Wants Us Dead?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPZR3YVoU88

How the 'free market' has devastated black communities | Lester Spence | TEDxMidAtlantic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDJ0rmxhmVI

The Police Were Created to Control Working Class and Poor People, Not ‘Serve and Protect': https://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/17505/police_and_poor_people?fbclid=IwAR1o4MtWad_k-sh5QnX8BNzSj63cQiJKxbtc_2fleCww2jQb7zBBBLLbD_A

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