Born Citizens

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#BornCitizens #006 Marcus Speaks, Southwest, Washington, D.C. MLK Ave "I'm happy with what the city has produced, and how far we've come to try and tide [race] and to throw black and white issues out of the window... the more people get along, the better we are as a planet."

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#BornCitizens #005 "Engima," Washington, D.C. "It is tough being a citizen of D.C. It's about who you know. Being out here - I'm not going to say it's not safe - but everybody's in cliques. You gotta know everybody just to walk around in the city."

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#BornCitizens #004 Brandon Tyler Matthews, Washington, D.C.

"To me, being a citizen is peaceful. Sometimes it's off and on. Some people feel as though because they don't know you, but they know the history about your race, they don't treat you the same."

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#BornCitizens #003

Deja, PG County, MD

“They don't care about us, so I don't feel like I'm a citizen here until my people are equal."

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#BornCitizens #002 

Shawn, Kansas

"I think where I'm from is an androgynous cultural place. So I don't really identify Kansas as my home, but just as - and it sounds unfortunate - but as a place place to remind to not go back; Not only geographically, but culturally and spiritually, it's not a space for me."

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#BornCitizens 001 

Tewabech, Southeast D.C.

“No one’s really from here. I love this place, I know this place. Right now, to be a citizen here is really bad, because you’re watching shit become very different and very ugly.”