Barbara von Enger in the issue on Race, Immigrants and Expats

In conversation with the Jamaican/German painter, Barbara Matthews von Enger.

Dialogue on race, immigrants and expats. Today's question is: In conversation with Worship Blues, we were wondering: why, non whites are termed 'immigrants' and white people 'expats'?

To expatriate from your country is to immigrate to another, and to immigrate to a country is to expatriate from your homeland, and this has nothing to do with skin, colour, religion, race and so forth.

In Germany and England, all non whites are viewed as 'immigrants', whilst in Jamaica the European set are viewed as 'expats', even those who have been living there for over two decades. Here's Barbara von Enger's thoughts on the matter in hand. "I find it very hard to use the word “Expat”.

I feel it comes from a place of privilege, segregation and class separation, just as an example, a British person is an expat if living abroad when an Indian/West Indian/African moving to the UK does not have that choice.

For Europeans, the word 'immigrant' means someone who immigrates to another country for better living conditions. In fact Europeans tend to frown upon the word 'immigrants' whilst celebrating the 'expats' living abroad. To put it simply and politically. The 'immigrant' is always in need, thereby rendering him as 'third-class' citizen, which is a delicate form of discrimination. "

Editor's notes: We always admire the painter Barbara von Enger. She is brave, courageous and revolutionary.

Orange is the new Black

Orange is a very tricky colour to wear well, the painter, Barbara von Enger, shows us how to wear orange with ease.



First Image of Barbara von Enger arrivng at Dior haute Couture Show in Paris, by Italian Vogue, second image of Barbara von Enger arriving at the Versace Show in Milan by Jamaque magazine, third image of Barbara von Enger arriving at the Dior Show by WWD, fourth image of Barbara von Enger after the Valentino Show in Paris by Wayne Tippet.

Cultural Theft, History, Art and Humanities

Culture and history changes, but we have to preserve the existing culture before we begin to cultivate new ones, and we cannot rise to new orders if the Europeans continue to abuse our culture through cultural theft. I seriously think one ought to be prosecuted for performing cultural theft.

Take this observation: When I, Barbara von Enger, paint my reality on canvas, the Germans label it as "Ethnic", but when a German artist paints a black girl on canvas they call it "high art". People, how does this encourage love amongst the races? When one race thinks its art is superior? What they fail to realise is the civilisations of the African pre-dates all European pretentions of superiority.

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