Jamal-Akil Marshall


Clevland, Ohio
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“How does being Black affect your art?”

        “𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚘𝚡 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗. 𝙼𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚡 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚡 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝. 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍. 𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝; 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙰𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚊 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚣𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝.“