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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Style and Substance (or, At Least Three Things You Don’t Say To A Man of Color) | The Jose Vilson

Style and Substance (or, At Least Three Things You Don’t Say To A Man of Color) | The Jose Vilson:


Style and Substance (or, At Least Three Things You Don’t Say To A Man of Color)


Martin Luther King Jr. by Marvin Koner
Martin Luther King Jr. by Marvin Koner
Moments like this make me want to ask, “Who ASKED you?!”
Some of my frustration lately stems from the perception that making something look easy equates to the task actually being easy.
Especially as it pertains to the site and everything surrounding it. The design, the content, the schedule, the photos, and the accompanying branding come together as pieces to a greater vision, one that hopefully pushes others to also seek success by any means necessary (with the people I represent in mind, of course).
In this plan, however, I always have to anticipate the negative feedback, the hostilities of working in environments