Afro-punk is a greatly underrepresented story of black punks displeased with the lack of diversity in the existing punk scene but who connected with punk’s attempt to deconstruct oppressive systems of power. The pantheon represents classical beauty that is implicitly symbolic of systemic white supremacy and colonialism. Institutions like UofM, built on Western Ideals of democracy and academic excellence, have historically excluded minorities for much of their history. So what happens when an individual who is iconoclastic for good reason, enters into a space that is trying to both uphold tradition while simultaneously being more inclusive?
