Shara Lunon
BITTER FRUITS - Part one- TOKENISM
Shara Lunon Graduate Recital
THANK YOU so much for your vulnerability, visibility, and contribution to this project:
Marisa Tornello
Ezra Gans
Bri Regis aka Lune Noirr
Felici Asteinza
Kalle Miller
Lo Kalani
Levy Lorenzo
Gary Padmore
And all of my teachers, friends, and family who have supported me throughout my graduate experience.
“Bitter Fruits” is the gains that Black Americans have reaped from the “American dream”. Building this country on the back of my ancestors, we as a people have not won the sweet life that is promised to the citizens of this land. Furthermore, as stolen people, our heritage and culture were stripped away, and as a result, the commonalities of African people created pathways of unity and connection. Hair is a major component of my heritage. In it held nourishment. From it, maps were designed to find freedom. For the purposes of the New School CAPSTONE, this portion of Bitter Fruits, "Tokenism", has been expanded to include my peers, allies, and friends who have also felt the weight of being tokenized.