"This publication is inspired by the exhibition How to Make a Hood, curated by La Keisha Leek," held at Arts Incubator Gallery at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, August 1-October 10, 2014. -- colophon

"How to Make A Hood unfolds a wide canon of stereotypes that foster misconceptions as they relate to Black bodies and their environments. The artists represented produce work that in some fashion explore the multi-faceted characteristics of the word '-hood' ; a slang term for a Black neighborhood, cultural theory references such as objecthood, personhood, and negrohood, and hood referencing the hoodie of Trayvon Martin that served as the signifier, along with him being an objectified young Black male, in which an act of radical injustice occurred."-- unnumbered page 4.