Democrac(E)y, 2022

Democrac(E)y denotes the historical and systemic failure of Black Americans being the recipients of full US-style Democracy. This is because the benefits of democracy for Black Americans have been mitigated by the social construct of race and the built in consequences. The collage depicts Reverend Jones delivering the eulogy for democracy which has died (again) when received by the very people who strengthened and expanded the boundaries through blood, sacrifice, material, and spiritual notions of freedom.