Artwork by Marie Armi
This is a work of art that represents my background. Though it may not seem like it, I am extremely diverse. It’s to the point where I don’t have a country to call “home” when asked where I’m from and America isn’t an appropriate answer. (Aren’t people so accepting?) I chose a painting about No Man’s land because it’s between two countries; it’s not quite one and not quite the other.
If it’s really crucial to know “what” I am, my family is from Germany, Poland, Austria, Guyana, India, Ireland, Barbados, The Grenadines, and an Amerindian tribe.
But because of everyone’s selectiveness, I’m often just referred to as the “black jew.” I didn’t know I had the honour of being labeled by someone else! Now I have something in common with Drake!
“Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.”
B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist and philosopher
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