Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer and advocate who draws on his own experience of incarceration. Abdurraqib is a music critic, essayist and poet using the lens of popular music to examine the broader culture that produces and consumes it. The disciplines of the honorees are varied. So are the works examining U.S.-border and immigration system.” "Fellows fighting for things like prisoners’ voting rights, their participation in the arts and their access to education are amazing endeavors on issues that disproportionately affect Black people and people of color in general. “For me as a scientist who is also Black, and a graduate of an HBCU in North Carolina Central University, I am in awe of the works that many of this year’s fellows are doing in the Black community and for immigrants and communities of colors," he said. “It is a humbling and incredible honor to be named a MacArthur Fellow,” said Ibrahim Cissé, a biological physicist dedicated to improving understanding of the supramolecular dynamics of gene regulation and the biomolecular condensation processes in live cells. It is important for people to see how brilliant and multifaceted our communities are, and to recognize our collective genius.” We are currently in a moment of light, and it is shining very bright. Black people have always persevered, whether the light was shown on them or not. “It is a phrase that is synonymous with the Black experience. “There has never been a moment in history where ‘Black Excellence’ did not prevail,” Casteel said. Having so many people of color in the genius class matters to her, she said.
“I am excited to push my practice forward knowing there will be support every step of the way.” The grant “grounds me in knowing that this work has value and is touching the lives of people far and wide,” she said. Casteel is a painter who captures people and environments she encounters on the streets of Harlem, on the New York subway, in her classrooms, and in the spaces occupied by those closest to her. Jordan Casteel, like her peers, said the acknowledgment surprised her. Image: Jordan Casteel (Marcus Ingram / Getty Images)
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