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When you see someone with this beautiful, dark, brown skin walking down the street, I hope you think of my strong, kind-hearted, Mexican, grandfather. And I hope you will think of me. And I hope you think of my beautiful son and help me to keep him safe.

 

This Beautiful Dark Brown Skin: Armando Peniche’s story of racial profiling experienced by a 12-year-old boy, and the danger of slanderous rhetoric to an undocumented man and his American son.

MONOLOGUIST’S BIO

Armando Peniche was born in Puebla, Mexico, and raised in Denver, Colorado. When he is not working as the Partnerships & Project Manager for Motus Theater, he is developing children's books featuring diverse characters with fun, empowering storylines; working on his first graphic novel exploring global warming; and running an initiative of his own called "Leámos Juntos" which provides local businesses with books for children to read while at their establishments to nurture a reading habit for families. His proudest achievement happened 11 years ago when he became a young father.

Mural location: Rino Art Park - 1900 35th St, Denver, CO 80216

About Motus Theater’s collaboration with muralist edica pacha

Muralist Edica Pacha is installing 12 murals (six in Denver and six in Boulder, Colorado) featuring Motus Theater UndocuAmerica project monologists. Each mural includes a QR code to the English and Spanish video of the monologist reading their own story. Regardless of your belief about immigration policy, this project allows you to know more about the impact of current immigration policies on the lives of families with undocumented or DACAmented family members

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