ISSUE 1 – DECLARATION

Historically, the existence of minorities in America has been seen as illicit. Our natural features seen as vulgar. Our authenticity rebranded as criminal. Our existence painted a Scandal.

People of color have been silenced, unable to: (a) speak or write with intense or hysterical emotions, (b) protest, demand, complain vehemently, or (c) laugh hysterically. Unable to SCREAM.

For our first issue, we want to make a statement. DECLARATION is about taking control of our autonomy as students of color at a predominantly white institution. In our subthemes Scandal and Scream, we dive further into our statement. Scandal explores the perceived vulgarity of minorities in America. Scream demonstrates the boldness that is inherent to authenticity.