This prison arts session was an incredibly eye-opening event that exposed me to the different interconnections between art and systemic racism, as well as the criminal justice system in the United States. One of the points mentioned that mainly caught my attention was the synesthesia of racism. Race, despite it being a ‘visual entity,’ can also be expressed through sound, and this sound can be used as a discriminatory tool. As it was explained by Professor Jennifer Lynn Stoever, there is important intersectionality between race and gender and black women have been pressed since their childhoods through the use of sound and silencing. Black girls are stereotyped as noisy since their early years of life; their unique voices and opinions have been dismissed and silenced throughout their lives. As a person who has never been a victim of discrimination because of my skin color, it is my duty to educate myself and others about the importance of uplifting black voices. In an America undergoing multiple crises, an important step toward dismantling systemic racism is to understand the importance of intersectionality, as well as the connections between racism and the patriarchal nature of our world.