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"My life matters, but does it?" Lonnie Chavis begins his essay referring to the Black Lives Matter movement. "America shows me that my Blackness is a threat, and I am treated as such. I actually didn't learn about being Black and what that would mean for me until I was 7 years old." What started as a letter to his mom after the tragic death of George Floyd, turned into an eloquent, heartbreaking, stirring commentary - emblazoned by the innocent honesty of his 12 year-old lens - of racism on the sets of Hollywood, restaurants, traffic stops, and on his birthday. "This is what the world looks like for me," he concludes. "This is my America. Policies need to change, laws need to change, the police need to change, Hollywood needs to change, hearts need to change, America needs to change. Change has got to happen for unarmed Black citizens to not live in fear of being murdered. Can you imagine being me in 2020 and wondering what the future holds? I can't."
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