I am really sick of seeing these white, privileged local “designers” using their privilege of travel to exploit the materials made and created by others in countries like India and Columbia to name a couple, and re-selling them here at a way higher value.
As an independent small business, how can you justify the ethics of your unapologetic capitalist colonialism, and then ask the city to support you in high end gentrified boutiques on Agricola? Using mostly white models to display your wares does not help the broad picture.
Can someone tell me what NSCAD is teaching if it is not morality of an artist? —frustrated local devi
This article appears in Jun 8-14, 2017.
Ohhh, so THIS is what it sounds like when you beat a dead horse.
OP’s moral indignation is top notch. Much enlightened, very outrage, so keyboard warrior. wow
LOL
Money.
If people are willing to buy it then I am going to sell it.
Don’t like it? Don’t buy it.
Someone’s harem pants are too tight
Please keep in mind that white doesn’t necessarily = “privileged”.. just as you outta not judge other shades of skin.. if you don’t know people’s individual stories you may be being narrow-minded
I agree with this post. I just think it would have made the argument a bit stronger had the poster spelled Colombia correctly.