By: Kevin Adiefeh
Q: What does black history month mean to you in the year 2020? How do you define it? What does it represent?
“In the year 2020 black history month represents strength and sacrifice. The strength to keep pushing through any obstacles. The sacrifices our predecessors made to give us a better life.”
Q: What’s the identity you want it to portray?
“Black history month should portray the fighting spirit of African- Canadians and Americans who never let dark days stop them from creating a better future.”
Q: What do you want people to see with Black excellence/history?
“When people see black history and black excellence, I want them to see the passion to create and to do things that no other race thought they we could do.”
Q: Which lenses do you use to see black excellence?
Sports? Fashion? Dance? Poetry? Certain ways individuals look?
“Black excellence is everywhere today, from our athlete’s building schools with high graduation rates to Idris Elba dominating the fashion world by being the sexiest man alive. African Canadians/ Americans have their influence in almost all facets.”