Too often on Guam, I’ve heard professionals and policymakers reduced to  labels, called “too white” in one room and “too brown” in another. Whether in meetings or over the airwaves, these aren’t descriptions; they’re put-downs.

The elected officials in the government of Guam are always saying that the children are our future, health care and education are their priorities and that honesty in government is what they believe should be the hallmark of elected and appointed officials.

This is to bring attention to the burden local artists bear when exhibiting their work in government-funded agencies, such as CAHA and the Guam Museum. This is a concern that many of us in the art community secretly carry.