Worthy — Glamorous

Everything is about mind-set.

Worthy Montage

Looking fully engaged, we are going to debate the shit out of MY MUM IS WHITE.

Glamorous Montage

Two moments from each participant's life. We don't have to debate the shit out of our mum's life. We're just fucking sensational.

Projected Glamorous Montage

Offensive

The legacy that causes this need to be worthy and hide our glamour is captured in the institution's introduction to MY MUM IS WHITE.

'It is a collective reckoning and a public call to acknowledge the nuances of experiences at the intersections of racial identity.'

Let's change that a bit.

'It is a collective reckoning and a public call to acknowledge the nuances of experiences at the intersections of white identity.'

Cause

The 8 pillars of caste that uphold that need for us to explain our life, and a white person to simply live their life.

Workshop

Here the attendees introduce themselves. HOME volunteer, sorry I can't remember her name, Kirsty, Maria, Dionne, me, Adam, Elena.

Watching me in front of the pillars explaining the pillars.

Pillars Explained

Adam's Ghost

Adam explaining how one of his kinky hairs in his glamorous consultancy sink drives him out at the height of loving his career. The room we are stood in is its ghost. Where he will take back control.

Enchanted Forest

We enter the magical forest enchanted by the 7 participants' ghosts.

Possessed

Dionne is possessed. Her voices changes. Her diction slows. Her eyes are far away. In the past. She keeps repeating one line — until she can tell us. We listen — we give her space. Dionne and Elena hug.

Together

We return. Closer. In touch. Human. Notice Elena has moved next to her new friend. To begin a tribe that is geek and ghetto. Young artists. That can embrace posh Persian Pegah who has her back to us.

Human — Human

The offensive text — It is a collective reckoning and a public call to acknowledge the nuances of experiences at the intersections of racial identity — is written by a mixed-race person.

MY MUM IS WHITE is nothing of the sort. It is one human to another human showing their heart in their story. Sometimes that heart is in pain. Sometimes that heart is glorious.

Our Ghost

This is the ghost of what we shared.

Modern pics by @s.b.hughes

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