A flag is just colors and fabric. The me...

A flag is just colors and fabric. The meaning changes depending on like, who’s holding it and who’s looking at.

I just gotta make it through this first year and then I can try and get reassigned for some other arbitrary ass reason. But no, I’m sorry, I’m not gon be the black girl ---the angry black girl who started some shit over a flag. Especially if the girl who put the flag up is this sweet bubbly girl who is just trying to stay connected to home. Uh uh. It’s gon start a whole thing. People gon be all over yik yak and facebook and putting my picture all over the internet. Giving they opinions and …No---nuh uh---

Idris Goodwin offers these 5 plays to be read and produced across communities. To publicly present any or all of these works, they must be offered to the community free of charge. For further conversation about production in a professional setting, inquiries can be directed to Idris Goodwin at goodwright@gmail.com.

View the short film version here.