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Milky Way
I wrote this poem as a response to everyone who has told me that I can't do something. "Milky Way" is a poem of spite and retribution. Never let anyone…
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How to Build a Mannequin
I was inspired by the Asian culture while writing this poem. Growing up, being compared to children I’ve never even met is a common occurrence. It’s an internal competition between…
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Portrait Photography
I took the first two photographs at a Black Lives Matter protest in my hometown. The third photograph is of a man walking by himself in Philadelphia.
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Where I Am From
After a four-year poetry hiatus, I created "Where I am From" as an assignment for English class. My situation at the time left me craving respite from all the craziness…
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Home Within
We look at others Not with a gaze but an analytical eye Focusing on the curvatures of the body The glow of the skin The sheen of the hair The…
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Branded
From birth we were branded and now we are left lost and stranded Our insecurities and fear fall off our lips and are heard by those around us A story…
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Wild Child
on a school trip to Toronto I bought myself a souvenir a keychain from Canada’s Wonderland. I couldn’t find one with my name on it and the others had silly…
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Fighting Through Digital Art
Although I was not able to attend the Black Lives Matter protests, I wanted to contribute and show my support in any way I can, so I decided to draw…
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War for Injustice
This piece was inspired by America’s awakening to racial injustice. I wanted to portray this very important time in an art piece as a historical memento that I can remember…
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By Shot and Gun
Children beg for their fathers' lives At the feet of the privileged They are told they are "less than" Like a decree, a proclamation While mothers say "Black is beautiful"…
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Cages Fell Apart
If wind is nothing more than whispers carried here and there And halos around our faces are nothing more than lantern’s flare If I am but a hallowed home of…
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The Path to Peace
The Path to Peace By Yahan Wang, 17 Medium: watercolor The waves at the bottom of this piece symbolize the challenges
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Third Eye
By Jade Buan, 16 Medium: oil pastels Most people are born with two eyes: one that sees fury and anger, and another that sees sadness and anguish. But some people…
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I Am
By Jamea Johnson, 16. I am art. I am light and dark. I am joyful and moody...
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Dear Future Daughter
By Camyia Shobe-Thomas, 16 I was mostly raised by my dad so I was taught to be strong, Taught to never let people see you cry, So I lived by…
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Masked Together
By Helen Ngo, 16 Medium: digital art Covid. Asians. Violence. Blacks. This is a split portrait between an Asian and African-American child bound together by a mask. This piece was…
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Before the Fall
By Tiffany Huynh, 18 Medium: pen and ink I drew a landscape (a street in Saigon before the Fall of Saigon in 1975) that symbolically depicts my origin story. I…
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Fertilizer
By Rianna Griffith, 14 As more black bodies drop weekly at the hands of your hate I wonder, Do we make better fertilizer? Nourish your ground and grow your systems…
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Western Portrait
By Trish Le, 17 Grandma says: Con, bring an umbrella, look more AmericanNo boys will like you if you don’t look AmericanBe more American means be more white means disappearMy…
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Human Eye
By Zarria Clark, 14 Viewed from the human eye I am unpolluted air difficult to breathe in.Concealing myself away like camouflaging a black eye,I still stand out, yet I don’t…