This girl with a lovely face, expressive eyes, and warmth of a summer's day caught my eye last year. We've been messaging each other until she finally hopped on a plane to the other side of the earth, and then she came back, and we had this.

Celebrating the beauty of black, our sisters and brothers in their natural, earthy color, in light of what's happening in the world today. I know I may not, nor will not fully understand the hatred behind white racism against black because I'm also dark-skinned, or maybe because if I ever go to the US, I'd always be part of the 'minority', but I stick to the truth that I know that skin color does not determine one's mindset, attitude, and way of living.

Celebrating the beauty of black, our sisters and brothers in their natural, earthy color, in light of what's happening in the world today. I know I may not, nor will not fully understand the hatred behind white racism against black because I'm also dark-skinned, or maybe because if I ever go to the US, I'd always be part of the 'minority', but I stick to the truth that I know that skin color does not determine one's mindset, attitude, and way of living.