decolonization. anti-oppression. racial trauma & healing.
FREE ADMISSION. Invite your friends! Through music, storytelling, and poetry, we will explore the dynamics and issues exclusive to the minority experience in the United States. While it is necessary to talk about immigration, systemic oppression, stereotypes, etc., we easily get "in our heads" with these matters and still miss the person's face by focusing …
Continue reading "“Formidable & Loved: The Story of a Migrant”"
https://soundcloud.com/gabestorres/phenomena-gabes-torres Note from creator: Here is a poem I address to white North Americans about what they might expect when they pursue or when they are already involved in dating, marital, et al. relationship with a person of color or an immigrant/mixed race identifying person. In most of my dating life in the United …
I prayed all the time when I was younger. And whenever I did, I could not help but imagine a white face to whom I addressed requests and express my gratitude to. A white god. A white Jesus. A white savior whom I felt indebted to for taking the time to listen whenever I brought …
