THE PROPER CONTENT by Angelique Scott

What inspired you to make the art pieces you submitted to Amendment?

I am inspired by my background, my heritage, and the world I occupy. Barbados was created as a way for me to pay tribute to my Caribbean roots and discuss the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The Proper Content was my response to black bodies being held as a commodity and the cultural appropriation of black culture throughout time. With Black Hair Pride, I am embracing my natural hair, therefore embracing a primitive part of myself and my culture that I have been trained to despise. In highschool I was forced to use a relaxer to keep my hair straightened and soon after I graduated I realized that I hated my hair straight and using strong chemicals to maintain something I no longer liked. Black Hair Pride is a way of celebrating the Afro-Centric woman in a colorful and enticing way. I looked to Aaron Douglas and his paintings for rhythm and movement. Don’t Touch My Hair is one of my earlier works. I tried to remember how I felt when people (mostly not of color) would