Beoncia Dunn

Los Angeles, California
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“How does being Black affect your art?”

        “𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚜. 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖 & 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 “𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝” 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 “𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐” 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜.

𝙸’𝚖 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.“