I wanted to make some art in the style of my culture and I'm pretty happy with how it came out for a quick doodle. Been feeling a bit culture sick and had a rough day on top of that as well as other things but I'm getting through it slowly. I have a state performance tomorrow in Whitewater which I'm excited for but not excited for the bus ride.
I was supposed to speak during an assembly today regarding discrimination and racism in my school today and there ended up being a lot of issues especially when I started speaking in Spanish and Nahuatl and now I'm just upset but my hopes are that one day people will learn to respect other's languages and messages and learn to love rather than spread hate over the color of one's skin or over their language/culture. Since moving here, I had mostly avoided those problems, but I'm reminded once again that I am not a descendent from these lands and the people that do admire me and speak the same tongue as me are further than ever before. Even within my local Latin community there is a hatred for the Nahua language and its people. I just feel really lonely. I'm looking forward to a protest on Tuesday because I'm told that maybe there will be others like me.
