I Have Something to Sa-

A commentary on self censorship and the validity of marginalized and targeted voices sharing their experiences with mixed racial prejudices, enforced stereotypes within the LGBTQ+ community, and objectification. I have something to say began as a piece driven by the traffic cones involved. When asked what those props meant, the piece completely transformed.

This work drives to speak toward the bias against mixed races and the stereotypical roles of black men in the LGBTQ+ community as well as signifies the silencing of those members of different, typically undesired body types. I have something to say also actively calls out racial prejudices of speaks against asian grouping and the desire to be seen as human before anything else; thereby demanding respect and awareness of the personal nature of identity and ethnicity. Other topics include poetry by Josh Pacheco and Gabriella D’Amato whom speak out about their anger toward the suppression of mexican culture within Pacheco’s upbringing and D’Amato’s experience with body objectification and cat calling.