KK Brinson, a Black Cowgirl from Oakland, Gets Ready for Her Comeback
Mike Barnes Thinks He Should Be Able to Say the N-Word
Photos: The Black Joy Parade Returns as ‘A Love Letter to the Bay’
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kk.t.b.r_/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KK Brinson\u003c/a> was just nine years old when she rode her first horse. “I was just a girl that rode, and was a trail rider that would go down to the beach all the time in Daly City, California and, you know, just ride her horse recklessly,” Brinson says with a laugh, “but it taught me well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that first ride—and thanks to her grandmother, who nurtured her passion—Brinson never looked back. Today, she’s a barrel racer who has won various competitions throughout Northern California. (Barrel racing, on a professional level, is an all-women rodeo event in which cowgirls have to race around three barrels in a cloverleaf pattern. The fastest rider wins.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend on July 9 and 10, Brinson competed at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.billpickettrodeo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo\u003c/a> (BPIR). William “Bill” Pickett was born in 1870 in Taylor, Texas. He invented the specialty rodeo event “bulldogging,” also known as steer wrestling, and is one of the most well known Black cowboys in American history. The touring event named in his honor celebrates Black cowboy culture around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Participating in another BPIR feels like a homecoming for Brinson, making it even more important to “show up and show out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was 13, that was the first rodeo I ever started with. That was the first rodeo I’ve ever seen. That was the first rodeo that I was ever welcome to,” Brinson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Excitement filled the air at Rowell Ranch Rodeo in Castro Valley this Sunday, where the BPIR made its 38th return to the Bay Area. After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, this year’s show just so happens to coincide with what Brinson considers her comeback year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as my comeback year, it’s just like, I’ve done bad in the past and I think this time I have a good chance of winning some money, at least, you know,” Brinson says. “So it’s like, I want to come back for myself. I don’t want to do it for show or for everybody else to prove a point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Brinson, making a comeback is a lot deeper than just winning a barrel racing competition. Building deep bonds with her horses and working with them every day is what matters. Her goal is to turn her two green horses into finished ones who’ve completed their training and are ready to compete. Taking Kairo, a 12-year-old Sorrel American Quarter horse, to actually race for the first time at a rodeo is a win as far as she’s concerned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916024\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson runs drills with Kairo on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. With all the moving pieces that come with being a cowgirl, Brinson manages stressful moments by giving herself a break from the ranch for a few days before returning. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Brinson built herself and her horses from the ground up. She never really had lessons or training; it was through YouTube that she even learned about professional barrel racing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brinson often describes how she can be wearing a pair of Jordans in Oakland, where she lives, one day, and a pair of cowgirl boots at practice in Pleasanton the next. Balancing city life with country life. She wants this to be a reality for other young Black women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having such an iconic rodeo come to the Bay Area is vital because, as Brinson puts it, she’s met some Black people who haven’t been to a Black rodeo, or even a rodeo at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They will take that memory and it will live in their heads all their life,” Brinson explains. “Especially if it’s your first experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916026\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-1020x674.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-768x507.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-1536x1014.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson rests with Galaxii inbetween practice on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. Brinson got Galaxii as a fresh horse with no rodeo training. “He was green, he was fresh. He didn’t know anything, he didn’t know where his feet was … he knew his speed but he didn’t know how to control it,” Brinson says. She has worked with him almost daily since then with the goal of having him finished all by herself. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s evident that people recognize how much time and energy she puts into perfecting her skills. On Sunday after her race, young Black children came up to Brinson for pictures, hugs and autographs. She uses her position to be a role model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like it’s a good representation of leadership, being accountable of my doings. It’s a good representation that all Black people are not negative,” says Brinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Brinson wasn’t thrilled about her run this weekend, finishing with a time of 20.6 seconds on Sunday, she knows that she can’t always win. The important thing was getting her skills down right in unison with Kairo. She took pride in Kairo keeping her safe and doing his best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My [goal], I want to say, is to become the first African American woman to be in the National Finals Rodeo,” Brinson says. “I want to at least say, ‘I did it. I conquered, let’s go get some more.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916022\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson shops for some supplies on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. “We pay for dental work, vet bills, clothing, accessories like bits and saddles, the trailer, the truck, all that … it’s a lot, it’s expensive. It’s not like in your regular city budget,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916023\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916023\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson shops with her mom for supplies on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. “My mom is a single parent who raised me all my life. She’s taken care of me, she’s taken care of my horses,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916027\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson feeds Kairo on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. Kairo struggles with anxiety and scares easily. “But he’s been improving, you know, been getting close to checks and winning. So, hard work pays off,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson does some maintenance on Kairo’s shoes before taking him into the arena to practice on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. “Finishing” Kairo is one of Brinson’s main goals as a cowgirl and a way for her to build up her legacy. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916021\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson rinses Kairo off after a jackpot race at the Rafter D Ranch on May 15, 2022 in Brentwood. Kairo was a healer before becoming Brinson’s barrel race horse, so he was considered totally “green.” \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916020\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson waits with Kairo as he hydrates after a jackpot race at the Rafter D Ranch on May 15, 2022 in Brentwood. A jackpot race, different from the rodeo barrel racing event, is a divisional event with extra added money. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson talks with one of her mentors, Sam Styles, after competing in a jackpot race on May 15, 2022 in Brentwood. Brinson started barrel racing when she was 13 years old. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916029\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916029\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson rides into the arena with the rest of the cowboys and cowgirls for the Grand Entry of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. The Oakland BPIR is the first rodeo Brinson ever attended, and she’s gone back every year since. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916045\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-800x537.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-768x515.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-2048x1374.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-1920x1288.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson competes in an exhibition barrel race at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916048\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-768x527.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-2048x1405.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-1920x1317.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson competes in an exhibition barrel race at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. Brinson rode her horse Kairo and they finished with time of 20.6 seconds; the lower the time, the more likely a contestant will win the prize. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916028\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the Black National Anthem plays, a cowgirl rides around the center arena holding the Pan-African flag at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. This has been a tradition at the BPIR every year. It speaks to the rich history and endless contributions Black people have given to this country, especially within cowboy culture. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916046\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-768x522.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-2048x1391.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-1920x1304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodeo fans watch performances at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. BPIR is the only touring Black rodeo in the country, stopping in the East Bay for the past 38 years. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916053\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson during the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley, CA. Brinson rode her horse Kairo; it was his first rodeo. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916054\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson catches up with family and friends after participating in the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. They were thrilled to see her, asking for autographs, photographs and hugs.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916047\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson poses for photos with rodeo fans and friends after the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916034\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson poses for photos with rodeo fans and friends after the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. Brinson shared that her path as a city cowgirl can get lonely sometimes. “But I do like the fact that I am kind of the face of the representation of barrel racing in the Black community, and I will always love to teach one and pass it on,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13916038\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-20.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-20-160x242.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-20-768x1162.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson poses for a portrait after participating in the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. “That was the first rodeo I ever started with. That was the first rodeo I’ve ever seen. That was the first rodeo that I was ever welcome to … So it’s kind of like if you leave home and you come back to home, you know, you gotta show up and show out. Like, I have to go back to that every year,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Excitement filled the air at Rowell Ranch Rodeo in Castro Valley this Sunday, where the BPIR made its 38th return to the Bay Area. After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, this year’s show just so happens to coincide with what Brinson considers her comeback year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as my comeback year, it’s just like, I’ve done bad in the past and I think this time I have a good chance of winning some money, at least, you know,” Brinson says. “So it’s like, I want to come back for myself. I don’t want to do it for show or for everybody else to prove a point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Brinson, making a comeback is a lot deeper than just winning a barrel racing competition. Building deep bonds with her horses and working with them every day is what matters. Her goal is to turn her two green horses into finished ones who’ve completed their training and are ready to compete. Taking Kairo, a 12-year-old Sorrel American Quarter horse, to actually race for the first time at a rodeo is a win as far as she’s concerned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916024\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-07-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson runs drills with Kairo on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. With all the moving pieces that come with being a cowgirl, Brinson manages stressful moments by giving herself a break from the ranch for a few days before returning. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Brinson built herself and her horses from the ground up. She never really had lessons or training; it was through YouTube that she even learned about professional barrel racing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brinson often describes how she can be wearing a pair of Jordans in Oakland, where she lives, one day, and a pair of cowgirl boots at practice in Pleasanton the next. Balancing city life with country life. She wants this to be a reality for other young Black women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having such an iconic rodeo come to the Bay Area is vital because, as Brinson puts it, she’s met some Black people who haven’t been to a Black rodeo, or even a rodeo at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They will take that memory and it will live in their heads all their life,” Brinson explains. “Especially if it’s your first experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916026\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-1020x674.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-768x507.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09-1536x1014.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-09.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson rests with Galaxii inbetween practice on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. Brinson got Galaxii as a fresh horse with no rodeo training. “He was green, he was fresh. He didn’t know anything, he didn’t know where his feet was … he knew his speed but he didn’t know how to control it,” Brinson says. She has worked with him almost daily since then with the goal of having him finished all by herself. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s evident that people recognize how much time and energy she puts into perfecting her skills. On Sunday after her race, young Black children came up to Brinson for pictures, hugs and autographs. She uses her position to be a role model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like it’s a good representation of leadership, being accountable of my doings. It’s a good representation that all Black people are not negative,” says Brinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Brinson wasn’t thrilled about her run this weekend, finishing with a time of 20.6 seconds on Sunday, she knows that she can’t always win. The important thing was getting her skills down right in unison with Kairo. She took pride in Kairo keeping her safe and doing his best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My [goal], I want to say, is to become the first African American woman to be in the National Finals Rodeo,” Brinson says. “I want to at least say, ‘I did it. I conquered, let’s go get some more.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916022\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-04.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson shops for some supplies on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. “We pay for dental work, vet bills, clothing, accessories like bits and saddles, the trailer, the truck, all that … it’s a lot, it’s expensive. It’s not like in your regular city budget,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916023\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916023\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-05.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson shops with her mom for supplies on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. “My mom is a single parent who raised me all my life. She’s taken care of me, she’s taken care of my horses,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916027\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-10.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson feeds Kairo on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. Kairo struggles with anxiety and scares easily. “But he’s been improving, you know, been getting close to checks and winning. So, hard work pays off,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-06.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson does some maintenance on Kairo’s shoes before taking him into the arena to practice on June 16, 2022 in Pleasanton. “Finishing” Kairo is one of Brinson’s main goals as a cowgirl and a way for her to build up her legacy. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916021\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-03.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson rinses Kairo off after a jackpot race at the Rafter D Ranch on May 15, 2022 in Brentwood. Kairo was a healer before becoming Brinson’s barrel race horse, so he was considered totally “green.” \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916020\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-02-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson waits with Kairo as he hydrates after a jackpot race at the Rafter D Ranch on May 15, 2022 in Brentwood. A jackpot race, different from the rodeo barrel racing event, is a divisional event with extra added money. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson talks with one of her mentors, Sam Styles, after competing in a jackpot race on May 15, 2022 in Brentwood. Brinson started barrel racing when she was 13 years old. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916029\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916029\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson rides into the arena with the rest of the cowboys and cowgirls for the Grand Entry of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. The Oakland BPIR is the first rodeo Brinson ever attended, and she’s gone back every year since. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916045\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-800x537.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-768x515.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-2048x1374.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-49-1920x1288.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson competes in an exhibition barrel race at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916048\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-768x527.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-2048x1405.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-55-1920x1317.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson competes in an exhibition barrel race at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. Brinson rode her horse Kairo and they finished with time of 20.6 seconds; the lower the time, the more likely a contestant will win the prize. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916028\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-11-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the Black National Anthem plays, a cowgirl rides around the center arena holding the Pan-African flag at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. This has been a tradition at the BPIR every year. It speaks to the rich history and endless contributions Black people have given to this country, especially within cowboy culture. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916046\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-768x522.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-2048x1391.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-37-1920x1304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodeo fans watch performances at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. BPIR is the only touring Black rodeo in the country, stopping in the East Bay for the past 38 years. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916053\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-31-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson during the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley, CA. Brinson rode her horse Kairo; it was his first rodeo. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916054\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-24-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson catches up with family and friends after participating in the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. They were thrilled to see her, asking for autographs, photographs and hugs.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916047\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220710_KK_BPIR-30-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson poses for photos with rodeo fans and friends after the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916034\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-16.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson poses for photos with rodeo fans and friends after the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. Brinson shared that her path as a city cowgirl can get lonely sometimes. “But I do like the fact that I am kind of the face of the representation of barrel racing in the Black community, and I will always love to teach one and pass it on,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13916038\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-20.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-20-160x242.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/20220713_KK_FinalEdit-20-768x1162.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson poses for a portrait after participating in the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Jul. 10, 2022 in Castro Valley. “That was the first rodeo I ever started with. That was the first rodeo I’ve ever seen. That was the first rodeo that I was ever welcome to … So it’s kind of like if you leave home and you come back to home, you know, you gotta show up and show out. Like, I have to go back to that every year,” Brinson says. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"headTitle": "Mike Barnes Thinks He Should Be Able to Say the N-Word | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Content Warning\u003c/strong>: This article contains multiple uncensored uses, including a recording, of derogatory phrases which some may find highly offensive.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, we arrived at San Francisco’s Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park on 4/20, excited to document the return of the stoner celebration. Among the crowd were primarily young, Black and Brown people enjoying themselves—far more than you typically see in one space in modern-day San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We—Julian, the reporter, and Amaya, the photojournalist—were looking forward to collaborating on a photo essay that centered Black and Brown entrepreneurs and artists. We wanted to help foster a sense of pride, and capture how folks who look like us have shaped California’s cannabis industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, as Black journalists, we experienced an angry harangue from a white man named Mike Barnes involving aggressive use of the n-word. In a follow-up conversation, he used it many more times, and doubled down on his right to say it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barnes is a fixture in press coverage of Bay Area cannabis events, and appears to openly court media attention. We’ve decided to give it to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913394\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-8-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A middle-aged white man in a marijuana-themed suit and hat, covered in leaves, points his finger at a young Black reporter during an interview.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-8-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-8-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-8-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-8-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-8-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-8-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-8-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED reporter Julian Sorapuru (right) interviews Mike Barnes at Hippie Hill at 4/20. Shortly after the interview began, Barnes aggressively used a racial slur. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Yes, With a Hard ‘R’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At Hippie Hill on April 20, we see someone who we think would make an interesting addition to our story. He carries himself with the energy of a total character, dressed in a gaudy, black suit and bucket hat adorned all over with green marijuana leaves. It was hard to miss this large, middle-aged white man, so we identify ourselves as journalists and stop him for an interview. He agrees, and introduces himself as “Big Mike.” Neither of us expect what happened next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Amaya snaps some photos of him and we kick off the interview, Big Mike begins boasting about how many times he’s been in the media: \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/stoners-celebrate-420-weed-pot-cannabis-824550/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rolling Stone\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, KTVU, the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/San-Francisco-s-420-celebration-lights-up-17110328.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/em>—he’s something of a minor celebrity in the Bay Area cannabis scene. He says he’s a weed grower just there to have a good time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pretty standard answer so far. Then he suddenly launches into a story about an interaction he had with Mike Tyson while the former boxer and cannabis entrepreneur spoke on stage earlier in the day. He gets visibly angry as he describes how, in his version of events, Tyson swatted away the handfuls of weed Big Mike decided to throw at him while he spoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Fuck you, nigger,’ and turned around and walked away,” Big Mike says aggressively. “You don’t want my weed? You want the whole bag?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hear Mike Barnes’ interview in full below:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003caudio controls=\"controls\">\u003csource src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MikeBarnes.mp3\">\u003c/source>\u003c/audio>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, I’m stunned into silence. My eyes go wide and I size him up. He’s a big dude: about 6 feet tall and over 200 pounds. Now I’m thinking about our safety. Centuries of generational trauma tell me that when a white man uses the n-word with that much vitriol, it’s either time to fight or get the hell out. Hearing that word could have meant life or death for our ancestors. It still can. But my journalism training tells me to let the source finish his statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he does: “Let’s just say I’m not a Mike Tyson fan anymore,” Big Mike says. I half-expect to hear an apology or a joke, but he keeps doubling, tripling and quadrupling down on disparaging Tyson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally I get out. “Have a good day, man,” I say, maintaining an air of professionalism and respect towards an interviewee who showed neither to us. I walk away and end the recording as he continues with his rant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Did a white man dressed in a weed suit he ordered from Amazon really just say the n-word with a hard “R” without any provocation at a 4/20 festival? The absurdity of the incident made me feel like I was in an episode of \u003ci>Atlanta\u003c/i>. This is an event that’s supposed to be all about good vibes and relaxation, not hatred and bitterness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaya laughs the way you do when you’re trying to hold back tears. “He can’t be serious,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out, he absolutely \u003cem>was\u003c/em> serious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913383\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Barnes poses for a portrait at the 420 Hippie Hill event on Apr. 20, 2022 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Who Is Mike Barnes?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Big Mike’s real name is Mike Barnes. He is a 52 year-old resident of the Berkeley area. He’s a former Army airborne combat engineer, he says, who previously ran a dispensary called the Hayward Patients Resource Center, which is now defunct. Today, he is self-employed, earning a living by doing “handyman things” and growing marijuana for “a small group of private individuals for medical reasons.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barnes has a habit of popping up at cannabis-related events. Photos of him in his eye-catching suit at previous iterations of the 4/20 festival have appeared in the \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-may-start-permitting-cannabis-sales-consumption-at-events/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Examiner\u003c/a>\u003c/i>, \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfweekly.com/news/cannabis/4-20-in-golden-gate-park-is-officially-cancelled/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SF Weekly\u003c/a>\u003c/i> and \u003ca href=\"https://ksltv.com/412196/brands-roll-stoner-holiday-pot-legalization-grows/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KSL TV\u003c/a>. Barnes was photographed for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/Smokeless-medicinal-pot-has-its-advocates-2661126.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Chronicle article\u003c/a> as far back as 2005 (in a shirt that read: “The DEA took my medical marijuana away!… and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!”).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13913116']Barnes was photographed and quoted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2018/01/01/crowds-gather-6-celebrate-first-sales-recreational-cannabis-berkeley?doing_wp_cron=1652725845.1196229457855224609375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> and \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/2018/01/01/first-sales-of-recreational-marijuana-in-berkeley-usher-in-whole-new-era/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Cal\u003c/a>\u003c/i> at the ribbon-cutting for Berkeley’s first legal recreational marijuana sale at the Berkeley Patients Group dispensary. His photo also appeared in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article114091003.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>Sacramento Bee\u003c/i> opinion article\u003c/a> on Proposition 64, which legalized the use of recreational cannabis in California. In the photo, Barnes is pictured smoking inside of his “420 Limo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We decided it was important to hold Barnes accountable for his words, so we called him on May 6 to inform him of our intention to publish the interview, and to see what he had to say for himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, make the spelling N-I-G-G-A if you do it,” he says. “It’s like, people say nigga all the time, and it’s acceptable if you’re a Black man, but if you’re a white man, and you say nigga, then it’s completely racist, which is just, you know, completely hypocritical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He began rattling off other racial slurs against Latino, Asian and Black people, arguing that they only refer to the “lowlives” of each ethnic group and, in his eyes, are therefore OK to use. In the same breath, he asked us not to publish his quote, even though he gave it to us knowing full well that this was an on-record interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I meant it in a disrespectful way towards [Tyson] specifically, nobody else,” Barnes says. “So if anybody else takes offense at it, well, fuck them. I wasn’t talking to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913382\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up on a bag of marijuana, a large joint, held by a man in a marijuana-themed outfit \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Barnes holds a bag of marijuana at the 420 Hippie Hill event on Apr. 20, 2022 in San Francisco, Calif. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Deeply Disturbed,’ Says Friend and Dispensary Owner\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Barnes is a white man gaining clout, attention, and potentially income from a drug that has been used to criminalize Black people for decades. (Barnes told us that he’s been raided by law enforcement four times, but never charged with a crime.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve seen white people profit the most from the corporatization of cannabis in recent years while people of color continuously get left behind. The Associated Press reports that the cannabis industry was worth \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-race-and-ethnicity-8e047483fc6e83e2e5f6dc971cb4aa73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$33 billion in sales in 2021\u003c/a>. Of all cannabis business owners in the United States, 81% are white, while just a little over 4% are Black, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://mjbizdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Women-and-Minorities-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 survey from Marijuana Business Daily\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13849783']Not to mention that hundreds of thousands of Black and brown people are still sitting in jail for marijuana offenses. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/marijuanareport_03232021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a 2020 report by the American Civil Liberties Union\u003c/a>, the national Black population is still nearly four times more likely than the white population to be arrested for marijuana possession, even after weed became legal in several states. These arrests have detrimental impacts, running along intersections of class and income, for communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Etienne Fontan, co-owner and vice president of Berkeley Patients Group, whom Barnes called “a friend of mine” who he has known for “a long time,” wrote in a statement to KQED, “I, along with the team at Berkeley Patients Group, do not tolerate racism or hate speech and this is the first we are learning of any accusations relating to Mr. Barnes’ use of such language.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am deeply disturbed to learn that Mr. Barnes, who apparently attended public events held by BPG several years ago, expressed such views,” Fontan continued. “Such rhetoric and actions in no way reflect my or my company’s values.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Mike Barnes’ and Mike Tyson’s stage interaction below, filmed by Rich America Production Co. & Jamal Trulove:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/Md4o4CUltHA\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mike Tyson and Harmful Stereotypes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Barnes using the n-word to describe Mike Tyson is especially unsettling, considering that Tyson has often been portrayed in popular media as a Black Brute, a caricature of Black men that portrays them as dangerous, animalistic, sexually aggressive and unintelligent. This framing was especially prominent in the ’80s and ’90s, when Tyson was at the height of his boxing powers. (Representatives for Mike Tyson did not respond to requests for comment.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the event in San Francisco, the media has covered Tyson for his “angry” interactions with fans, the first of which occurred April 21 aboard Tyson’s flight departing from San Francisco. A fellow passenger \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/21/mike-tyson-punches-passenger-airplane-tmz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly harassed Tyson\u003c/a>, according to reports, which led the former boxer to punch the man multiple times. (Authorities declined to file charges against Tyson for the incident.) On May 3, a fan in Las Vegas \u003ca href=\"https://www.al.com/sports/2022/05/mike-tyson-has-another-angry-interaction-with-fan-when-woman-appears-to-try-to-pick-his-nose.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempted to stick their finger up Tyson’s nose\u003c/a>, which prompted an annoyed reaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barnes’ behavior—throwing things at Tyson while he is on stage attempting to give a speech—is in this same category of fans going too far. Many people, it seems, feel entitled to violate Tyson’s personal space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyson is not perfect. He has done some reprehensible things. But to portray him as a brute is a reductionist and racist point of view of a complicated man. Regardless of one’s image or status, no one deserves to be called a racist slur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13913381\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-1020x1530.jpg\" alt=\"A middle-aged white man holds a bag of marijuana and a large joint, dressed in a marijuana-themed suit and bucket hat covered in leaves.\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Barnes poses for a portrait in a gaudy marijuana-themed costume at the 420 Hippie Hill event on Apr. 20, 2022 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The So-Called ‘Progressive’ Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Barnes’ comments should not only make us interrogate one dimensional views of Mike Tyson, but it should also make us think critically about how we view race relations in the Bay Area. Often, the Bay is hailed as a racially enlightened, progressive haven where everyone is respectful of each other’s identities, culture and humanity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a Black person in this country, living in a “progressive” place does not mean a reprieve from the smothering presence of racism; it just means your suffocation happens in the shadows. Our experience encountering anti-Black hate speech is not an isolated one. We just happen to have it on tape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This incident is about more than just one word said by one man on one day. It’s a case study; a harsh, slap-to-the-face reminder that anti-Black racism is alive and very well, even in San Francisco. Barnes weaponized the power he holds as a white man in this country to disarm and dehumanize both Tyson and ourselves—a microcosm of the racial power dynamic inherent in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11905492']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Taking the Power Back\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Black people must get through each day with a cloud over our heads, knowing that as our proximity to whiteness increases, so does the likelihood that we may be the victim of racism. Power coupled with ignorance is a terrible combination. It’s why everyone should strive to better understand the ways in which the n-word has been and continues to be weaponized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That word from the mouth of a white person is a reminder of the ideology used against our ancestors to justify the inhumane atrocities of chattel slavery. It was the word shouted in hate by white mobs as they lynched Black people without due process of law. It was the word ordinary Black folks heard through ringing ears as they were brutalized by police simply for demanding their right to vote. It was the word \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/buffalo-shooting-suspect-had-n-word-written-on-gun-2022-5\">painted onto the barrel of the Buffalo shooter’s gun\u003c/a>. A white person saying the n-word is a reminder of the things that have been denied to us; the ways we have been treated as subhuman; how we have been forced to make a way out of no way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, in that grand tradition of those who came before us, we are attempting to create something proactive out of a negative experience. Hopefully we are not presumptive by saying that we speak in the interests of not only ourselves, but for many other Black people who don’t have the opportunity to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barnes’ actions should serve as a cautionary tale to anyone who feels emboldened to use that word in such a hateful way. For all of our sakes, hold your tongue—or be ready to face the consequences if you don’t.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Amaya snaps some photos of him and we kick off the interview, Big Mike begins boasting about how many times he’s been in the media: \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/stoners-celebrate-420-weed-pot-cannabis-824550/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rolling Stone\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, KTVU, the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/San-Francisco-s-420-celebration-lights-up-17110328.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/em>—he’s something of a minor celebrity in the Bay Area cannabis scene. He says he’s a weed grower just there to have a good time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pretty standard answer so far. Then he suddenly launches into a story about an interaction he had with Mike Tyson while the former boxer and cannabis entrepreneur spoke on stage earlier in the day. He gets visibly angry as he describes how, in his version of events, Tyson swatted away the handfuls of weed Big Mike decided to throw at him while he spoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Fuck you, nigger,’ and turned around and walked away,” Big Mike says aggressively. “You don’t want my weed? You want the whole bag?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hear Mike Barnes’ interview in full below:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003caudio controls=\"controls\">\u003csource src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MikeBarnes.mp3\">\u003c/source>\u003c/audio>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, I’m stunned into silence. My eyes go wide and I size him up. He’s a big dude: about 6 feet tall and over 200 pounds. Now I’m thinking about our safety. Centuries of generational trauma tell me that when a white man uses the n-word with that much vitriol, it’s either time to fight or get the hell out. Hearing that word could have meant life or death for our ancestors. It still can. But my journalism training tells me to let the source finish his statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he does: “Let’s just say I’m not a Mike Tyson fan anymore,” Big Mike says. I half-expect to hear an apology or a joke, but he keeps doubling, tripling and quadrupling down on disparaging Tyson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally I get out. “Have a good day, man,” I say, maintaining an air of professionalism and respect towards an interviewee who showed neither to us. I walk away and end the recording as he continues with his rant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Did a white man dressed in a weed suit he ordered from Amazon really just say the n-word with a hard “R” without any provocation at a 4/20 festival? The absurdity of the incident made me feel like I was in an episode of \u003ci>Atlanta\u003c/i>. This is an event that’s supposed to be all about good vibes and relaxation, not hatred and bitterness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaya laughs the way you do when you’re trying to hold back tears. “He can’t be serious,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out, he absolutely \u003cem>was\u003c/em> serious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913383\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-12.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Barnes poses for a portrait at the 420 Hippie Hill event on Apr. 20, 2022 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Who Is Mike Barnes?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Big Mike’s real name is Mike Barnes. He is a 52 year-old resident of the Berkeley area. He’s a former Army airborne combat engineer, he says, who previously ran a dispensary called the Hayward Patients Resource Center, which is now defunct. Today, he is self-employed, earning a living by doing “handyman things” and growing marijuana for “a small group of private individuals for medical reasons.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barnes has a habit of popping up at cannabis-related events. 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Barnes was photographed for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/Smokeless-medicinal-pot-has-its-advocates-2661126.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Chronicle article\u003c/a> as far back as 2005 (in a shirt that read: “The DEA took my medical marijuana away!… and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!”).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Barnes was photographed and quoted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2018/01/01/crowds-gather-6-celebrate-first-sales-recreational-cannabis-berkeley?doing_wp_cron=1652725845.1196229457855224609375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> and \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/2018/01/01/first-sales-of-recreational-marijuana-in-berkeley-usher-in-whole-new-era/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Cal\u003c/a>\u003c/i> at the ribbon-cutting for Berkeley’s first legal recreational marijuana sale at the Berkeley Patients Group dispensary. His photo also appeared in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article114091003.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>Sacramento Bee\u003c/i> opinion article\u003c/a> on Proposition 64, which legalized the use of recreational cannabis in California. In the photo, Barnes is pictured smoking inside of his “420 Limo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We decided it was important to hold Barnes accountable for his words, so we called him on May 6 to inform him of our intention to publish the interview, and to see what he had to say for himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, make the spelling N-I-G-G-A if you do it,” he says. “It’s like, people say nigga all the time, and it’s acceptable if you’re a Black man, but if you’re a white man, and you say nigga, then it’s completely racist, which is just, you know, completely hypocritical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He began rattling off other racial slurs against Latino, Asian and Black people, arguing that they only refer to the “lowlives” of each ethnic group and, in his eyes, are therefore OK to use. In the same breath, he asked us not to publish his quote, even though he gave it to us knowing full well that this was an on-record interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I meant it in a disrespectful way towards [Tyson] specifically, nobody else,” Barnes says. “So if anybody else takes offense at it, well, fuck them. I wasn’t talking to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913382\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up on a bag of marijuana, a large joint, held by a man in a marijuana-themed outfit \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-04.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Barnes holds a bag of marijuana at the 420 Hippie Hill event on Apr. 20, 2022 in San Francisco, Calif. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Deeply Disturbed,’ Says Friend and Dispensary Owner\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Barnes is a white man gaining clout, attention, and potentially income from a drug that has been used to criminalize Black people for decades. (Barnes told us that he’s been raided by law enforcement four times, but never charged with a crime.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve seen white people profit the most from the corporatization of cannabis in recent years while people of color continuously get left behind. The Associated Press reports that the cannabis industry was worth \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-race-and-ethnicity-8e047483fc6e83e2e5f6dc971cb4aa73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$33 billion in sales in 2021\u003c/a>. Of all cannabis business owners in the United States, 81% are white, while just a little over 4% are Black, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://mjbizdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Women-and-Minorities-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 survey from Marijuana Business Daily\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Not to mention that hundreds of thousands of Black and brown people are still sitting in jail for marijuana offenses. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/marijuanareport_03232021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a 2020 report by the American Civil Liberties Union\u003c/a>, the national Black population is still nearly four times more likely than the white population to be arrested for marijuana possession, even after weed became legal in several states. These arrests have detrimental impacts, running along intersections of class and income, for communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Etienne Fontan, co-owner and vice president of Berkeley Patients Group, whom Barnes called “a friend of mine” who he has known for “a long time,” wrote in a statement to KQED, “I, along with the team at Berkeley Patients Group, do not tolerate racism or hate speech and this is the first we are learning of any accusations relating to Mr. Barnes’ use of such language.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am deeply disturbed to learn that Mr. Barnes, who apparently attended public events held by BPG several years ago, expressed such views,” Fontan continued. “Such rhetoric and actions in no way reflect my or my company’s values.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Mike Barnes’ and Mike Tyson’s stage interaction below, filmed by Rich America Production Co. & Jamal Trulove:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Md4o4CUltHA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Md4o4CUltHA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>Mike Tyson and Harmful Stereotypes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Barnes using the n-word to describe Mike Tyson is especially unsettling, considering that Tyson has often been portrayed in popular media as a Black Brute, a caricature of Black men that portrays them as dangerous, animalistic, sexually aggressive and unintelligent. This framing was especially prominent in the ’80s and ’90s, when Tyson was at the height of his boxing powers. (Representatives for Mike Tyson did not respond to requests for comment.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the event in San Francisco, the media has covered Tyson for his “angry” interactions with fans, the first of which occurred April 21 aboard Tyson’s flight departing from San Francisco. A fellow passenger \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/21/mike-tyson-punches-passenger-airplane-tmz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly harassed Tyson\u003c/a>, according to reports, which led the former boxer to punch the man multiple times. (Authorities declined to file charges against Tyson for the incident.) On May 3, a fan in Las Vegas \u003ca href=\"https://www.al.com/sports/2022/05/mike-tyson-has-another-angry-interaction-with-fan-when-woman-appears-to-try-to-pick-his-nose.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempted to stick their finger up Tyson’s nose\u003c/a>, which prompted an annoyed reaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barnes’ behavior—throwing things at Tyson while he is on stage attempting to give a speech—is in this same category of fans going too far. Many people, it seems, feel entitled to violate Tyson’s personal space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyson is not perfect. He has done some reprehensible things. But to portray him as a brute is a reductionist and racist point of view of a complicated man. Regardless of one’s image or status, no one deserves to be called a racist slur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13913381\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-1020x1530.jpg\" alt=\"A middle-aged white man holds a bag of marijuana and a large joint, dressed in a marijuana-themed suit and bucket hat covered in leaves.\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/20220420_MikeBarnes-10.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Barnes poses for a portrait in a gaudy marijuana-themed costume at the 420 Hippie Hill event on Apr. 20, 2022 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The So-Called ‘Progressive’ Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Barnes’ comments should not only make us interrogate one dimensional views of Mike Tyson, but it should also make us think critically about how we view race relations in the Bay Area. Often, the Bay is hailed as a racially enlightened, progressive haven where everyone is respectful of each other’s identities, culture and humanity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a Black person in this country, living in a “progressive” place does not mean a reprieve from the smothering presence of racism; it just means your suffocation happens in the shadows. Our experience encountering anti-Black hate speech is not an isolated one. We just happen to have it on tape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This incident is about more than just one word said by one man on one day. It’s a case study; a harsh, slap-to-the-face reminder that anti-Black racism is alive and very well, even in San Francisco. Barnes weaponized the power he holds as a white man in this country to disarm and dehumanize both Tyson and ourselves—a microcosm of the racial power dynamic inherent in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Taking the Power Back\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Black people must get through each day with a cloud over our heads, knowing that as our proximity to whiteness increases, so does the likelihood that we may be the victim of racism. Power coupled with ignorance is a terrible combination. It’s why everyone should strive to better understand the ways in which the n-word has been and continues to be weaponized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That word from the mouth of a white person is a reminder of the ideology used against our ancestors to justify the inhumane atrocities of chattel slavery. It was the word shouted in hate by white mobs as they lynched Black people without due process of law. It was the word ordinary Black folks heard through ringing ears as they were brutalized by police simply for demanding their right to vote. It was the word \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/buffalo-shooting-suspect-had-n-word-written-on-gun-2022-5\">painted onto the barrel of the Buffalo shooter’s gun\u003c/a>. A white person saying the n-word is a reminder of the things that have been denied to us; the ways we have been treated as subhuman; how we have been forced to make a way out of no way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, in that grand tradition of those who came before us, we are attempting to create something proactive out of a negative experience. Hopefully we are not presumptive by saying that we speak in the interests of not only ourselves, but for many other Black people who don’t have the opportunity to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Black is for the people, red is for the blood shed, and green is for the wealth of the Motherland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These colors adorned countless Pan-African flags that proudly flew at the fifth annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackjoyparade.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Joy Parade\u003c/a> in Oakland on Sunday afternoon. For those uninitiated with the idea of Pan-Africanism, it is a school of thought that aims to unite and create solidarity among Black folks of different cultures around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade participants represented the diversity of the Black diaspora. There were uniquely American aspects to the parade, like the group of Black cowboys who wore 10-gallon hats while majestically riding their horses down Broadway in downtown Oakland (a favorite among the children in the crowd). Meanwhile, every member of the Divine Nine, made up of the nine historically Black fraternities and sororities (of which I’m a proud brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity), stepped and strolled their way past an adoring public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were samba dancers representing Black Brazilian culture; loads of Caribbean food vendors selling oxtails and rum punch; an abundance of people wearing West African-inspired patterns and prints; and even some folks looking to the future while draped in outfits reminiscent of the great Afrofuturist composer, Sun Ra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1053px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909867\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short hair, wire jewelry on their face and green lipstick poses\" width=\"1053\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05.jpg 1053w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1053px) 100vw, 1053px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Treajané Brown takes a pause from dancing and poses for a portrait during the Black Joy Parade on Feb. 27, 2022. “I feel like I’ve been struggling recently and I needed some energy to propel me into this next chapter and I knew I could get it from the Black Joy Parade, so I’m so glad it’s back,” Brown said. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is Black joy in its many forms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I honestly think that Black joy is not definable,” Elycia Thomas Knight, BJP’s parade manager, told KQED. “We’re not telling you what Black joy is. We’re just asking you to show up with whatever that specialized Black joy is–unique Black joy is–that you have in you, and just show up and set it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the joy didn’t end with parade participants, it was also present among those in the crowd. The sun was out and accentuating the melanated skin of Black people of all shades, genders and sizes, gloriously dressed in whatever “Sunday best” looked like to them. As paraders passed by, affirmations of “Go ahead, sista” or “Okay, king!” could be heard. No one knows how to hype you up better than Black folks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas Knight called this year’s parade a “love letter to the Bay” following its 2021 hiatus due to COVID concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mia Meredith, a USF student from San Francisco, said BJP perfectly represents the term “strength in numbers,” popularized by the Golden State Warriors in the Bay Area. “I’ve honestly never seen this many Black people in one sitting before,” Meredith said. “I love to see it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23.jpg\" alt='Two people smile in \"black joy\" sweatshirts' width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elycia Thomas Knight, Black Joy Parade manager, poses for a portrait with her sister at the entrance of the celebration site at 20th and Broadway. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909868\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909868\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08.jpg\" alt=\"A group poses with their scraper bikes\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Scraper Bike Mob pose for a portrait during the Black Joy Parade on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27.jpg\" alt=\"A dance group in matching blue dashiki outfits\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sorority dances in the Black Joy Parade on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909875\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33.jpg\" alt=\"Two people in letterman jackets wave Pan-African flags from a convertible\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Fo’Fifteen Car Club ride in the parade in their classic car on Feb. 27, 2022. SF Black Wall Street and the Fo’Fifteen Car Club collaborated with the Black Millionaire Development Entrepreneurs, who also walked in the parade. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909866\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01.jpg\" alt=\"A group of eight, children and adults, smile\" width=\"1200\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01-1020x713.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priscilla Dodoo poses for a portrait with her family during the Black Joy Parade on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1224px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909874\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31.jpg\" alt=\"A dance group in green and white smiles \" width=\"1224\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31.jpg 1224w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31-800x520.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31-1020x663.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dancer with Estralas do Samba smiles at the crowds watching the Black Joy Parade in Oakland on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909873\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30.jpg\" alt='A dance group in white, one woman has \"BLM\" written on their back' width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants covered in white body paint dance down Broadway in Oakland on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20.jpg\" alt=\"A young person roller skates\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young girl roller skates in the Liberation Park rolling rink pop-up. Attendees of the Black Joy Parade could get skates at the event to use. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1238px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909876\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-36.jpg\" alt=\"A young person in a cow-patterned Western shirt holds the brim of her cowboy hat\" width=\"1238\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-36.jpg 1238w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-36-800x518.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-36-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-36-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-36-768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1238px) 100vw, 1238px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KK Brinson poses for a portrait during the Black Joy Parade on Feb. 27, 2022. For Brinson, being able to represent Black women who ride horses competitively was an important part of being at the parade. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1236px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909877\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-38.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a vest smiles next to a black and white horse\" width=\"1236\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-38.jpg 1236w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-38-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-38-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-38-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-38-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1236px) 100vw, 1236px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Smith, of the Brotherhood Riders, poses with his horse Suga Mama. The organization trains youth in order to provide them with a positive space. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909885\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909885\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-49.jpg\" alt=\"Five women in green shirts smile from a float\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-49.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-49-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-49-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-49-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-49-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women smile and sing while on a float right before the parade starts on Feb. 27, 2022.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909879\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-44.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a flower-covered space helmet makes the Vulcan hand sign and smiles\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-44.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-44-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-44-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-44-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-44-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Afatasi the Artist, born and raised in San Francisco, poses in her handmade designs on Feb. 27, 2022 in Oakland. “Everything that has to do with like our erasure … it’s like now you can’t deny when you see us. You can’t not see us and that’s what my designs are about,” Afatasi said. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909878\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-43.jpg\" alt=\"Two young people wear brightly colored, futuristic outfits\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-43.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-43-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-43-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-43-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-43-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kolo and Pharyll show off their fashion before they walk in the Black Joy Parade on Feb 27, 2022. Afatasi the Artist welded the frames and outfitted them with textiles along with sewing each of the outfits. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909880\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909880\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a white fro, antennae and a silver outfit\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey Brown, a model and cosplayer, poses before she walks in the Black Joy Parade with the Afrocomicon float. Brown expressed her pride in being able to represent herself, pointing out that there are so many different “accents when it comes to African-American culture.” \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Black is for the people, red is for the blood shed, and green is for the wealth of the Motherland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These colors adorned countless Pan-African flags that proudly flew at the fifth annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackjoyparade.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Joy Parade\u003c/a> in Oakland on Sunday afternoon. For those uninitiated with the idea of Pan-Africanism, it is a school of thought that aims to unite and create solidarity among Black folks of different cultures around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade participants represented the diversity of the Black diaspora. There were uniquely American aspects to the parade, like the group of Black cowboys who wore 10-gallon hats while majestically riding their horses down Broadway in downtown Oakland (a favorite among the children in the crowd). Meanwhile, every member of the Divine Nine, made up of the nine historically Black fraternities and sororities (of which I’m a proud brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity), stepped and strolled their way past an adoring public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were samba dancers representing Black Brazilian culture; loads of Caribbean food vendors selling oxtails and rum punch; an abundance of people wearing West African-inspired patterns and prints; and even some folks looking to the future while draped in outfits reminiscent of the great Afrofuturist composer, Sun Ra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1053px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909867\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short hair, wire jewelry on their face and green lipstick poses\" width=\"1053\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05.jpg 1053w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-05-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1053px) 100vw, 1053px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Treajané Brown takes a pause from dancing and poses for a portrait during the Black Joy Parade on Feb. 27, 2022. “I feel like I’ve been struggling recently and I needed some energy to propel me into this next chapter and I knew I could get it from the Black Joy Parade, so I’m so glad it’s back,” Brown said. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is Black joy in its many forms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I honestly think that Black joy is not definable,” Elycia Thomas Knight, BJP’s parade manager, told KQED. “We’re not telling you what Black joy is. We’re just asking you to show up with whatever that specialized Black joy is–unique Black joy is–that you have in you, and just show up and set it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the joy didn’t end with parade participants, it was also present among those in the crowd. The sun was out and accentuating the melanated skin of Black people of all shades, genders and sizes, gloriously dressed in whatever “Sunday best” looked like to them. As paraders passed by, affirmations of “Go ahead, sista” or “Okay, king!” could be heard. No one knows how to hype you up better than Black folks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas Knight called this year’s parade a “love letter to the Bay” following its 2021 hiatus due to COVID concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mia Meredith, a USF student from San Francisco, said BJP perfectly represents the term “strength in numbers,” popularized by the Golden State Warriors in the Bay Area. “I’ve honestly never seen this many Black people in one sitting before,” Meredith said. “I love to see it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23.jpg\" alt='Two people smile in \"black joy\" sweatshirts' width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-23-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elycia Thomas Knight, Black Joy Parade manager, poses for a portrait with her sister at the entrance of the celebration site at 20th and Broadway. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909868\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909868\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08.jpg\" alt=\"A group poses with their scraper bikes\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-08-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Scraper Bike Mob pose for a portrait during the Black Joy Parade on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27.jpg\" alt=\"A dance group in matching blue dashiki outfits\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-27-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sorority dances in the Black Joy Parade on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909875\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33.jpg\" alt=\"Two people in letterman jackets wave Pan-African flags from a convertible\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-33-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Fo’Fifteen Car Club ride in the parade in their classic car on Feb. 27, 2022. SF Black Wall Street and the Fo’Fifteen Car Club collaborated with the Black Millionaire Development Entrepreneurs, who also walked in the parade. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909866\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01.jpg\" alt=\"A group of eight, children and adults, smile\" width=\"1200\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01-1020x713.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-01-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priscilla Dodoo poses for a portrait with her family during the Black Joy Parade on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1224px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909874\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31.jpg\" alt=\"A dance group in green and white smiles \" width=\"1224\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31.jpg 1224w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31-800x520.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31-1020x663.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-31-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dancer with Estralas do Samba smiles at the crowds watching the Black Joy Parade in Oakland on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909873\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30.jpg\" alt='A dance group in white, one woman has \"BLM\" written on their back' width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-30-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants covered in white body paint dance down Broadway in Oakland on Feb. 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20.jpg\" alt=\"A young person roller skates\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-20-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young girl roller skates in the Liberation Park rolling rink pop-up. 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Afatasi the Artist welded the frames and outfitted them with textiles along with sewing each of the outfits. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909880\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1284px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13909880\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a white fro, antennae and a silver outfit\" width=\"1284\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/BlackJoyParade-46-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey Brown, a model and cosplayer, poses before she walks in the Black Joy Parade with the Afrocomicon float. Brown expressed her pride in being able to represent herself, pointing out that there are so many different “accents when it comes to African-American culture.” \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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