This EXPO Chicago weekend, Dwight White II wants you to check out his murals
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EXPO; Chicago; Dwight White II
Description
Dwight White II went from being a Division I football player at Northwestern University to being a multidisciplinary artist. A lot of people would say those things don’t go together. But White is reshaping the narrative of what it means to be a Black man; often shoved into a box where society tells you to pick a lane, and stay there.
With the pressure to provide economically, Black men are often not given the luxury of exploring their creative sides free of backlash. This is true especially for someone who played on the nation’s biggest stage every Saturday as a student-athlete. When he initially pivoted from football, and later a career in marketing, to being a painter, White’s family, typical of most Black families, while supportive, questioned how his passion for art would supply a living wage.
“Growing up, we’re talking about how to navigate this world, especially when the world appears very white to us, especially if you’re set up for failure as a Black man, right? I definitely questioned myself from time to time,” White said. “But going back to healing, [art] always brought me enough joy to mentally be, like, you can do this. I found it to be my purpose. So once I got through that, my self-doubt stopped a little bit.”
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By RomeJ
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thetriibe.com
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