A black woman's questions for white people

Matt A. Fikse

Matt A. Fikse Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>A black woman's questions for white people</h1>
                <h2><p>Naima Lowe is a queer, black (and prolific) artist and a professor at Evergreen State College. She works in many mediums — primarily film and performance — and has won more awards than any normal person should be allotted in their time here on earth. But Lowe is not normal. She is</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mattfikse-gmail-com/">Matt A. Fikse</a></p> 
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            <p>Naima Lowe is a queer, black (and prolific) artist and a professor at Evergreen State College. She works in many mediums — primarily film and performance — and has won more awards than any normal person should be allotted in their time here on earth. But Lowe is not normal. She is pushing boundaries, physically, artistically, intellectually, in relation to sex, love, body image, identity and race. Most recently, <a href="http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/11/artist_creates_thirty-nine_questions_for_white_people.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">as Colorlines reported</a>, Lowe <a href="http://dangerdot.com/39-questions-for-white-people/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">released a limited edition print</a> of her book "39 Questions for White People." The book, a collection of simple questions intended to generate discussion about white privilege, is on display at the Wing Luke Museum as a part of their “<a href="http://raceatthewing.com/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Under My Skin: Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century</a>” exhibit, but only through the end of the weekend. Don't miss it. — B.A.</p>
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Naima Lowe is a queer, black (and prolific) artist and a professor at Evergreen State College. She works in many mediums — primarily film and performance — and has won more awards than any normal person should be allotted in their time here on earth. But Lowe is not normal. She is pushing boundaries, physically, artistically, intellectually, in relation to sex, love, body image, identity and race. Most recently, as Colorlines reported, Lowe released a limited edition print of her book "39 Questions for White People." The book, a collection of simple questions intended to generate discussion about white privilege, is on display at the Wing Luke Museum as a part of their “Under My Skin: Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century” exhibit, but only through the end of the weekend. Don't miss it. — B.A.

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By Matt A. Fikse

Matt Fikse-Verkerk (Twitter: @mattfikse) covered urban affairs, politics, tech, and business at Crosscut from 2009 to 2014. He lives in Seattle and works for a biotechnology firm in Redmond, WA.