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The name is Yakari Gabriel. Here is what remains long after I am gone. a poet. a spoken word artist. a media student. a feminist. an afro-latina raised in Aruba. a virgo. in the midst of greatness. currently studying media and communications in The Netherlands. var sc_project=10788310; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_security="37868133"; var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://secure." : "http://www."); document.write("");

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The identity issue - My thoughts

The identity issue – My thoughts

I definitely think there is a shift going on in Aruba. People are starting to talk about identity and question it as well. So here is my little grain of sand. Growing up, I never had talks about identity at home. I just knew I was a Dominican girl and though I was demonized a lot for my round nose, as far as I remember I was never called “black” either. I didn’t have kinky curls until I turned…

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Un tiki racismo cu bo koffie, ta gewoon normal

UTRECHT – Wel mi hendenan, manera nan ta bisa “gotta speak it into existence” y segun ami siman a pasa sin mucho bomboshi y nos tur a haya un break bon mereci y liber di drama den noticia, segunmi. Pero ban papia! Riba menu awe nos tin koffie, racismo y rincor. Poco dia pasa, mi tabata sinta cu mi amiga na un parti di scol cu yama “The blue area”. El a bay cumpra su koffie na cafetaria y bin bek…

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The tragedy of growing up

The girl in the room next to mine, cries often. Its horrible. I can hear her fighting to breathe through her tears She stops for a while then starts again You would think they are torturing her I don’t wonder why anymore, I don’t feel anything but discomfort just wishing she would stop for once I am no longer the girl that wants to save people I’ve learned to not take on anyone else’s battles On…

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Alysia Harris: I always saw a black woman in the mirror, other people saw something else

“I always looked at myself in the mirror and saw a black woman, it’s people who saw something else” Alysia Nicole Harris is a 28-year-old Writer and Spoken Word artist born in the United States of America. In this interview she shares her experiences as what people describe a “racially ambiguous” woman, how she came to the realization of it and how it affects her daily life. As stated…

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Education and Communications with Kassiani

Some teachers teach for a paycheck, others because they find something fulfilling within the job. Kassiani Nikolopoulou belongs to the latter. With a laid back attitude and a passion for her job, it’s easy to say she’s one of the “cool” teachers. The blue-eyed lecturer with the thick accent is of Greek descent and gives communication lectures at HogeSchool Utrecht in the Netherlands, but her…

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white women days, black women ways

My friend sends a picture over whats app. It is an advertisement for a spa featuring a white woman. It said “White women days”. There is so much psychology behind it I can’t phantom. I don’t discuss it with her, I am tired. I think all women of color are, besides we’ve had the conversation plenty of times. All I can do is think of Zahira Kelly, the Dominican artist that always paints black girls…

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I have my dream life and it sucks

Everyday, when I walk to and from the bus stop there’s a man that greets me. It doesn’t matter the time of the day, he’s always there on that sofa looking outside of the window. He looks like he could be my father. He always raises a hand and gives me the warmest smile I’ve ever seen in my life. If Holland hadn’t sucked me dry of a self-esteem I would have said that it almost seems like he is…

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I get it, you too think of abuse as normal

We live in a culture that has normalized abuse and see nothing wrong with being violent towards others anymore. All this while never even having a good understanding of what violence is and all the ways in which it works. Violence is a super broad topic and I see why so many of you don’t even realize that you are being abused. You know that you often sleep too much or that some days you are…

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It all starts with "It's a girl"

It all starts with “It’s a girl”

It all starts when they say “It’s a girl” They give you pink, give you glitter, give you tutu’s and tiara’s and the idea that you should be soft. They raise you, between lines you don’t see Until you attempt to step outside of them. at 5 you are told that you can’t like cars and guns otherwise you’ll shift from girl to tomboy, In a split second at 13 your body is a surprise, something you…

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I honor you I want to send shout out to all the girls, that were counted out before they even decided if they wanted to be in.

Mind trips

I do not live in the past, but I travel there often. Its a place rich in history, a monument in ruins. Except I did not keep the map, because I do not plan on renovating it. I don’t understand how sometimes we forget so easy. Do you remember what you were before life touched you? Do you remember the first time you fell for something? Without knowing just how toxic things become over time if we…

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In de Wolken - Interview UUT Utrecht

In de Wolken – Interview UUT Utrecht

http://uut.nl/de-wolken-met-schrijver-yakari-gabriel/ “Yakari maakte in mei 2014 haar debuut in de mediawereld. In dat jaar begon ze te werken voor de Carribbean Speed Printers, een uitgever van de lokale Bon Dia Aruba en de Aruba Today krant. Nu kunnen we haar maandelijkse columns (Inside my head) terugvinden in Bon Dia Aruba. Hierin kaart ze problemen aan, gaat ze op in ontwikkelen en…

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You cannot shut me up - Interview with The Boomerang

You cannot shut me up – Interview with The Boomerang

http://mctalentnexus.com/you-cannot-shut-me-up/ “Me being vocal about everything that I feel is political. Me existing is already political. I am a Latina but I am also Afro-Latina. So, I am a descendent from slaves. We are women that are erased, nobody tells you about Afro-Latinas in history books, you don’t see us on TV, and people think all Latinas look like Sofia Vergara. It is a very…

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Love is a final destination - Interview One Million Wild Hearts

Love is a final destination – Interview One Million Wild Hearts

http://onemillionwildhearts.com/artists/yakari-gabriel/ “I think they have been plenty of moments that have made me feel proud. Some are vain, some go deep. But I am the proudest when I receive messages from women all over the world about how my work has caused them to shift perspective, or helped them over come a tough moment. I am proud when I know the work serves purpose. Its not always about…

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Determined to make a difference, Interview Aruba Luxury Living

http://www.arubaluxuryliving.com/yakari-gabriel “In Aruba, media is very focused on politics and certain key personalities but there is a lack of connection with the real people – the community. You hear about certain personalities that fit a certain status in society but when I entered media, I wondered where the community was. Why aren’t they talking and how do I get to them,” Yakari told ALX.…

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Consumi America, idolisa America, biba manera Americano

UTRECHT – Mi hendenan, con bay! Mi ta spera despues di tur e drama cu a pasa siman pasa nos tur tin un siman placentero y trankil. Pasobra, ban ta serio sociedad merece un descanso di tanto fechoria cu ta pasa eyfo constantemente. Tanto nos ta alaba Americano y nos a bira mescos cu nan, cuanto basketball players y cantante no ta bati nan muhenan sin cu esaki den algun manera ta afecta nan carera?…

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The strong black woman

How many times didn’t I carry the night on my back, woke up to a broken spine just to be told I still needed to smile how many times, didn’t I sit on the edge of my bed hanging from the cliff of my soul, plotting its release only to be told I got a bad attitude empathy, is a carefully crafted gift that never gets delivered to my door and I’m not the only one black girls, struggling all over the…

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