“Perceptions are blurred by heavy snowfall. The media is a blizzard. It blows harshly against my people.”
Yesse recalls a bleak memory of her father’s strength and resilience from childhood that brings up painful histories of racism and inequality. This vivid story captures the coldness of a world that would deny individual realities in favor of generalizations. Yesse’s story paints a picture of struggle, love and and and ongoing social injustice.