NYTimes: The Interior Lives of Black Homes

Read this spectacular profile featuring Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason in The New York Times:

In “AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home” (published by Clarkson Potter last year), the authors, Bryan Mason and Jeanine Hays, report: “When asked what their homes mean to them, ‘safety’ was the first response of every homeowner in this book … home is a respite from the psychological pressures of the outside world.” Stacey and Andre Blake’s home in Fayetteville, N.C., which is featured in the book, resembles Ms. Thomas’s cover (though their sofa is clementine; their walls, cerulean).

“Globally, I’m seeing a lot more images of people lounging,” Ms. Wilkinson said. To have the freedom to buy a home anywhere, the means to decorate it to your taste and the time to relax in it are hard-earned privileges for Black homeowners.”

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