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Holiday Hopes

 

Holiday Hopes. Digital art created on canvas. November 25, 2024. Afrika Abney


What I want during the holiday season is for racism and discrimination to end. I want to make lots of money. I want people to purchase my abstract paintings and collages. I want honest and genuine relationships. Most of all, I want people to stop making rude and insensitive comments. 

Men who do not value nor respect women and call them out their names should stop and ask themselves who raised them? Women come in all shapes and sizes. No, I am not interested in women and never will be interested in developing relationships with women. Yes, I have had the opportunity to work with many men and women in the past as my career began while I was a student. 




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