ANDRE RAMOS-WOODWARD
“a mediocre-ass nigga” // statement
a mediocre-ass nigga is plain and simple a body of work about me—
It’s about who I am through my own eyes.
It’s about how I’m perceived because of the color of my skin.
It’s about my beautifully Black, Southern, Nigerian-American family.
It’s about my depression.
It’s about microaggressions, and stereotypes,
and niggas getting murdered in front of our faces
for no reason.
It’s about missing my coffee granny and my granddaddy.
It’s about the n-word.
It’s about skittles, black hoodies, toy guns, cigarettes, dollar bills, type-C hair, cell phones, dark complexions, and other various weapons.
It’s about memories.
It’s about the South; Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and Beaumont, Texas.
It’s about what I see in the mirror,
and how my Black body copes with the realities of this world.
