After watching and hearing about tons of police brutality situations, artist, director and producer Justin Adu (commonly known as Adu) wanted to use a platform to start a conversation about social injustice and the misrepresentations of African Americans in the media. Through the use of photography, graphic design, installation and performance art, African Amedia was created.

African Amedia is a multimedia exhibit and performance piece at the African American Museum of Dallas. Adu created an experience that asked provocative questions about the portrayal of African Americans in modern society. African Amedia is a fictional television network that highlights some of the negative portrayals, generalizations and stereotypes the media casts upon African Americans.

As an art exhibition, it couldn’t be more timely. With the recent situation taking place in McKinney, Texas where several African-American teens were victims of police brutality, we can only hope that people coming to see the exhibit at the African American Museum will realize the value of getting to know one another and not basing impressions of people on negative, skewed images that the media puts out into the universe.The exhibit is an open letter that Adu hopes will inspire people to look past stereotypes and relate to each other based on content of character, not color of skin.

African Amedia will be exhibiting at the African American Museum in Dallas, Texas until October 25th. To find out more about this dynamic silent protest, you can visit africanamedia.org and follow the project on Twitter: @AfricanAmedia #AfricanAmedia

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Justin Adu

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