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Pain anger confusion impatience exhaustion pride

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 Anger, confusion, DC, deconstruct, environment, exhaustion pride, impatience, Jua Fluellen, pain, racism, system, understanding, Washington

Jua Fluellen,
Washington, DC.

I would like for more people to deconstruct the role race places in the way they are perceived and responded to within their immediate environment. I would like for more people to develop the skills of conversing about race across difference in a way that can deepen our understanding of what racism is and how it actually functions. This way, more of us can consciously counter racism as a system.

Empowered Latina recovering from self hate

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 brown, CA, children, deconstruct, East LA, empowered, identity, latina, Los Angeles, Natalia Lopez, self hate, strong, television

Natalia Lopez,
Los Angeles, CA.

Growing up in East LA and being told I was one of the “good children”, I played into the identity that I was and will always be an exception to my peoples inferiority. Striving to be more like the white girls I saw on television made me feel like I was something special and not like the ghetto girls at my school. Up to recently, I have started to deconstruct this and realized that I am more then the sum of my parts and I am no ones exception. I am a strong brown woman who believes in love and strives to heal.