<Tab/>Jean Basquiat was brought into this world in 1960 and grew up in New York. His mother was Afro-Puerto Rican, father was Haitian, and both were middle class citizens. He didn't try to keep his background from the public, and did not exhibit shame or the need to reverse negative stereotypes about African-Americans, but rather publicized details of his life in paintings. He did not try to involve himself in the …
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…been tainted, manipulated and exploited in order to satisfy the greed of those in authority positions. They appear to say that global and United States industrialization does not serve anyone's best interests except those who are doing the exploiting and industrializing. He seems to be saying that it serves no other purpose than to extend corruption, manipulation, deceit, exploitation, and abuse to that which would exist and thrive without the intrusions of capitalism and greed.