Mason-Dixon Line Marker

1. Mom is from Georgia, Dad is from Pennsylvania

a. Great Grandmother told Dad not to visit her. Interracial relationships were still not all that accepted in Dekalb County, Georgia in the 1990s.

2. I went to art school below the Mason-Dixon Line

a. While eating brunch with my roommate we had a discussion about grits.

i. She asked if she was a bad southern girl because she hated grits

ii. I responded with my mom is more southern and she can’t stand grits

iii. She yelled back “Richmond was the center of the Confederation!”

a. She is from Richmond, VA

b. My first African American Criticism class in the south

i. The teacher asked if I had ever been to Africa, if I had any black friends, and when filling out paperwork did, I check black or white.

c. Took dad to see Kara Walker show in New York for another class

i. He hated it, called her a gimmick artist, made a huge scene.

a. He could care less about the Pipilotti Rist show the month after.