Category: Ethnic, Regional and National Identity

• Deconstructing Banksy in New York

  There’s a storytelling technique, where a teller tells one story, and then immediately tells a second story. While both stories completely stand on their own, they are told in tandem, so that the listener can more fully comprehend the second story. In that vein, I give you this: Banksy Sells Original Paintings worth £20,000 for £38…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  October 14, 2013

  Arts, Black History and Culture, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Visual Arts

  art, Banksy, Brooklyn, Colorlines.com, graffiti, Manhattan, New York

• Juneteenth circa 1900, Austin, Texas

  The official Juneteenth Committee in East Woods Park, Austin, Texas on June 19, 1900. (Courtesy Austin History Center, Austin Public Library) Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Juneteenth-Our-Other-Independence-Day.html

  Simone Monique Barnes

  June 19, 2013

  Black History and Culture, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Genealogy and Home Collections, Nation Building, Visual Arts

  1900s, African American, Austin, East Austin, History, Juneteenth, Photography, Texas

• New Yorker’s Lament.

  Weekly convo with random folks I meet in Austin, TX (although this story could easily take place in many other cities and towns in the US): “Where are you from?” I’m from New York. “Oh? Really, what part?” New York City. “How long did you live there?” Huh? I’m from there. “I know, but for…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  May 28, 2013

  Americana, Arts, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Literary Arts, Simone Monique Barnes

  Austin, Bronx, New York City, travel, writing