My Only Wish

Artist: Sarah Siskin
Location: Fruitvale Station
Date Painted: June, 2020
Date Photographed: June, 2020
Description: kid blowing wearing birthday hat blowing out single candle on a birthday cake. Speech bubble: “My only wish is to grow up in a world where I am free from the fear of being targeted, harassed and brutalized by the police and vigilantes because of the color of my skin. Black children matter. Black dreams matter.” In Spanish in black on black: “Mi sueño es crecer en un mundo en que soy libre del temor de ser acosado y brutalizado por la policia y vigilantes por el color de mi piel. Ninos negros importan. Sueños negros importan!”
Notes: Part of the George Floyd protests. With the Unity Council. Work in progress below