REDEFINED: Proud Of My Brown Skin
I never felt comfortable in family pictures because I was the only black person and I felt out of place. I never told my mom about this because I didn’t want her to feel bad because it wasn’t her fault.
Student Content
REDEFINED: Things I Wasn’t Born With
Scars, disabilities, and tattoos. Photos and reflections on things that showed up on people during their life.
REDEFINED: Not Your Ordinary Black Girl
Reality TV doesn’t dictate how someone acts in real life but it does give viewers opportunities to judge us as if this is the first impression.
REDEFINED: Happiness Has No Standards
This was a really dumb idea. You would think going up to people and talking to them would be easy. It’s not.
When Your Bully Is A Part Of Your Family
My cousins pushed me into closets and shut the doors, called me countless names, and even sucked up my last baby tooth in the vacuum cleaner.
When You See Something But Can’t Say Something
I looked at my dad and asked in a small voice, “We can’t help her?”
UNTOLD: Teenagers Chop It Up About Secrets
We definitely shared in the experience of stealing and hiding that from our parents as kids. What parent wouldn’t be upset about that? But as some of us have gotten older, relationships changed.
UNTOLD: Back in the Hills
This visual piece is a part of Lit Mag: The UNTOLD Issue. Austin Lai is a freshmen currently attending Oakland Technical…
UNTOLD: Feel Like You Are There
This visual piece is a part of Lit Mag: The UNTOLD Issue. Taijon Spain is an 10th grader at Kipp King Collegiate…