just a f&#kin number

in artist •  8 years ago 


This piece was done in acrylic paint on a 16 by 20 canvas . It took fourteen hours to complete . I decided to do piece to express  my anger as a man of color . When see that rate of black teenagers killing each other has sky rocketed , some that were innocent killed by the police it makes me a little paranoid . 

Do I walk around with a target on my back if I am dressed a certain way or it just in my mind .  From what I have read . Black males have a shorter life expectancy than white males is the pressures of feeling like your under a magnifying glass ? Walking into a room standing out from everyone else , depending on where you live ? 

Wondering what people think of you ? Watching the news another person of a Color involved in a robery or shooting . When is it going to stop . 


Wondering what people think of you ? Watching the news another person of a Color involved in a robery or shooting . When is it going to 

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