MsVictoriaShantrell's video: Hari Ziyad: a Storyteller

“A lot of our conversations are usually in service of the majority voice. And I think that the conversations that need to happen need to be in service of underrepresented communities. What I mean by that is not talking about race for white people; not talking about gender for men…” -Hari Ziyad Hari Ziyad is Black genderqueer artist and writer whose work centers on creating through the arts alternative ways of living outside of systems of oppression. They received their BFA from New York University, where they concentrated on Film and Television and Psychology. Their work is informed by their passion for storytelling and wrestling with identity as a Black, genderqueer child of Muslim and Hindu parents. Hari deals primarily with identity, race, gender and sexuality, ally politics and the arts. They are the Editor-in-Chief of RaceBaitR, and their work has been featured on Gawker, Out, Ebony, Mic, The Guardian, Colorlines, Paste Magazine, Black Girl Dangerous, Young Colored and Angry, The Feminist Wire and The Each Other Project. They are also an assistant editor for Vinyl Poetry & Prose and contributing writer for Everyday Feminism.