White Girls Don’t Have Arm Hair

Oil, spackle, and spray paint on canvas

3’ x 5’

2023

At 7 years old, I was confronted in art class: 'Why do you have arm hair? White girls don't have arm hair.' That night, I shaved my arm, examining the difference between halves. How do you answer that question when you don't know which half you're supposed to be?

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