LaRissa Rogers

San Diego, CA
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“How has being Black influence your art?” 

           “𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚢𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚏𝚛𝚘-𝙰𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗. 𝙾𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜? 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘-𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. ”