Evelyn Watkins

Can I Live?

Yes, everyday black people breathe differently than others. Because breathing differently means knowing and acknowledging we don’t have the same experiences as others on a day to day basis. We walk around with 10 ears and 20 pairs of eyes. I as a black woman can only say and say what I see from my perspective. My perspective of what I see wreaks of racism behind these brown eyes, curly, and coarse hair. And it hurts some of the stories my mother tells me.