by Klaryssa OrtizWho am I? I am a granddaughter, daughter, niece, sister, cousin, aunt, friend, lover and partner like so many others who have entered this Earth. These ascribed statuses familiarly known to us become archaic in sincerity as we develop personal attributes based on existential forces in a modernizing world, many of them negatively impactful. I am truly blessed for being a part of a family that expresses love, compassion and acceptance to all who reciprocate equal sentiment. Puerto Rican by bloodline I’ve been given the opportunity to be accepted by countless individuals who are racially different from me. I have understood the light skin privilege prescribed to me; however have been equally exposed to the racial rhetoric of oppression projected towards people who are ethnically different. I am surrounded by countless artists who attribute to the immense amount of knowledge I have obtained outside the classroom. I have simultaneously utilized skills from school to interact with folks outside of these institutionalized aspirations. Striving for an independent mind has been extremely important for me to liberate myself although there are countless variables of distraction. I purposely surround myself with like minded individuals for family are oftentimes the friends you choose. I am preaching about exchanges, development and revolutionary love because that is what life is, we are dependent on one another. I write to take individuals on a journey through histories that have perpetually formed societies, but from a colorful perspective. I write to disembark on adventures that are both important and regularly neglected as we advance in a society of technology, materialism and animosity, a joint of histories to unveil and memorialize through intricate writing.
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