SPOTLIGHT ON PEOPLE OF COLOR CLOTHING

My name is Darius the creator of People of Colour Clothing and a recent graduate of Oregon State University. Originally from Nashville, Tennessee with ties to North Atlanta, I decided to move to Oregon with the idea of getting out of my comfort zone. It was within this transition that I experienced just how different the Pacific Northwest was from the South-primarily on the topic of diversity. I had not experienced being the only black person in a room of 100 people on a consistent basis before Oregon-I felt out of place. The environment went beyond making me uncomfortable. With it brought anxiety, depression, and isolation behavior.

There came a point when shouldering my racial identity was too much for me to bear. What emerged from this situation was a concept for a brand that could both unify the P.O.C. community and provide awareness opportunities. A concept that created opportunities for people to examine their conscious behavior on topics related to race. It was this concept that changed my life-I went from moving to Oregon to study Horticulture & Public Health to graduating with a clothing brand.

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