The Black Aesthetic – Diversity Through Data by Jason Burke
A Call To Action
Connecting Black Artists, Creators and Scholars
Jason Burke
A community is defined as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. In my experience, most professionals want to be identified by their specific discipline as they have worked hard to earn such recognition; but if there is a single takeaway I’ve experienced in 2020, it’s that building awareness and engagement for Anti-Black Racism in Canada requires direct and willful investment of moving unknown names to become known names. Thus, because I live by the mantra Search, Shop, Share, below are three lists of Black, Canadian creators with varying aesthetics that I recommend learning more about:
Hip Hop Visual Aesthetic
![Image of Marcus Troy](https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/833/2020/08/https___blogs-images.forbes.com_julianmitchell_files_2015_09_MarcusTroy-300x300.jpg)
Alexander Weheliye, Ernest Morrel, George Eliot Clarke, Joseph Schloss, Orlando Patterson, Adrian Aitcheson, Stevey Carty, Marcus Troy, Naskademi and Sean Brown
Black Pop Culture Aesthetic
![Picture of Drake](https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/833/2020/08/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg)
Daniel Caesar, Amaal Nuux, Jay Whiss, Drake, Kardinal Official, PARTYNEXTDOOR, The Weekend, Jully Black, Torey Lanez and K-os
Afrofuturism
![Image of Winnie Harlow](https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/833/2020/08/01-ANTM-beyonce-lemonade-screenshot-2016-billboard-650-compressed-300x198.jpg)
Stacey McKenzie, Winnie Harlow, Janaya Khan, Alondra Nelson, Angelbert Metoyer, Cyrus Kabiru, Demetrius Oliver, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Octavia E Butler and Renee Cox
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