Significant Works
Throughout my academic career within Hutchins, I have created a multitude of works ranging from research projects, to article responses, to essays, etc. This page is a collection, and reflection, of what I find to be my most superlative works, or at the very least, those that I take great pride in sharing with the world.
10 / 05 / 2018
'The Truth About Truth'
A smaller work from my beginning journey into Hutchins, this piece acknowledges the vast amounts of experiences and perspectives that lead us to have differing, yet similar, ideas regarding all things that make us human — rooted in truth or opinion.
12 / 05 / 2018
'Human Enigma Essay'
Using the works of James Loewen, Plato, Yazmina Reza, and Assata Shakur, this essay describes the ways in which view of the world, its issues, and people, has changed as a result of my first year within the Hutchins program, its instructors, and the various forms of media that I have been exposed to.
05 / 06 / 2020
'Intellectual Journey Essay'
Referencing the works of Michael Pollan, Assata Shakur, Carlos Castaneda, and many other influential authors, and pieces, I found myself pondering in this work: how ought we to live? More personally, what in my life did I appreciate, what did I wish to change and how would I go about doing so — given the conditions and quality of life that we are all stuck in.
04 / 02 / 2021
'Bay Area Blues'
Writing an imaginary letter to James Baldwin, in response to his novel, The Fire Next Time, this paper is centered around the history of oppression surrounding San Francisco — a city that I love dearly, but now question greatly given its history with racism, gentrification, and brutality against its citizens. An ending photo gallery is also provided so as to showcase the fantastically present aspects still alive within the city.
04 / 09 / 2021
'Lack of Understanding'
Feeling the need to include this in two sections of my portfolio — this work discusses Raoul Peck's film, I Am Not Your Negro, and talks about the likes of activists such as Medgar Evers, MLK Jr. and Malcolm X, the film and this work is centered around the binary contrasts of society experienced by African Americans relative to their white counterparts.
05 / 14 / 2021
'To Be a Black Man in San Francisco'
Reflecting on Joe Talbot's, beautiful film, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, in contrast to Richard O' Moore's, Take This Hammer, this essay (like some of my previous works) focuses on the societal and economical issues intertwined into the history of African American life in San Francisco. Another photo gallery is included providing a tour of the treasured house used for the set of The Last Black Man in San Francisco.
12 / 1 / 2021
'Permanence'
A monologue of sorts addressing what I think my final moments of life would consist of; what I would be upset over, what I would wish to say, and most importantly, how I would come to terms with all these things.