Paul Octaviousさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Paul OctaviousInstagram)「Brown & Black hands have worth. What I earn; I deserve. Before I sign on to any project, I grapple with the following questions: Am I being put up for this job because I’m black and fulfill a quota? How many other people of color are working on this project or are up for this project? Will my likeness be used? How will I be portrayed? This is life as a black creative. There is a Wikipedia page entitled “List of African- American firsts.” It is at once both astonishing and upsetting. It stands as a symbol of all we’ve overcome and all that we have been denied. Generational wealth and knowledge that was not secured because of a legal system and society that refused to recognize the humanity of all its members. My hands are worth something. My ancestors were brought to this country against their will, and built vast amounts of wealth and infrastructure to the American Colonies. They were given “freedom,” as if enslavement was an honest mistake, and not an act of terrorism against a population. After the Civil War, my ancestors should’ve been given a plot of land and unfettered Civil Rights. They deserved to profit and take pride in the land that they tended to against their will. Instead they were given sharecropping, Black codes, and segregation. People say that reparations are unfair and unreasonable. I have a friend who recently inherited land that has been in her family since the 1800s. By virtue of my skin color, that story can never be mine. 264 years of wealth & land ownership, unable to pass from one generation to the next. Unfair and unreasonable. When I was young, my mom always reminded me “You will need to work ten times harder than your white peers & always be beyond your best behavior. You will never be given the benefit of the doubt.” I think about these words every day. Determining my value as a black creative- its never a simple question. My hands are worth more than you think. Please pay me what I am owed. The hands above I photographed and belong to talented chef Kia Damon @kiacooks ✋🏾🤚🏾 #blackartist」7月9日 7時03分