'Becoming black' is an attempt to destabilize the structures which confine black experience and imagination to asymmetrical encounters of power, knowledge and capital. By becoming black, it is possible to explore and express one's identities, interests and experiences in a way that is expansive and intersecting. Through becoming black, previously inert or invisible identities, such as those of the African diaspora and the African Queer community, can become visible and palpable. This form of remembering and claiming necessitates an intentional and important curatorial engagement with the re-scripting of normative practices. In becoming black, a public commentary is made possible which can no longer be occluded or diminished by dominant history.

See also: black bodies, slave trade, white supremacy, racial justice, black lives