Student Voices: Dystopia, an Afrofuturist Story
“Aljaska is a supposedly Utopian society where everyone is supposedly equal, and no one looks or sounds different outside of their home. No one and no thing is different. Everyone wears all black, the clothing is all loose and long so no one can tell the body shape of another or the race of anyone, they wear black scarves tied around their faces so that no one can tell their race or see their beauty, and lastly they have monotone voice machines attached to them so when they talk an accent cannot be heard. Everyone has the same amount of income, the same amount of living space, equal opportunities at education and life, and there is only one known type of flower and tree. Myosotis, commonly known as Forget-Me-Nots, are used in medicines to erase the minds and suck out the souls of all who put it in their bodies. The white spruce tree is used to keep the people in the town, and its bark and sticks are used to deprive people of their personality.” Student Avenae’J