Brandon Stroud is an educator and activist in Rochester, New York. As a yoga instructor, mentor and residence coordinator at Rochester Institute of Technology, Stroud is passionate about celebrating Black culture and gender identity.
“We know that there are headlines that talk about savage negroes back in the day and how that savagery really built the slave patrol. You know, ‘We don’t want those savages harming our wives and children’ really from a white narrative,’” Stroud said. “I think your project is really talking about the white narrative and how we’ve sat here for years looking at how news reels and media can literally change people’s lives.”