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In 2003, Umar Rashid painted [https://www.artsy.net/artwork/umar-rashid-frohawk-two-feathers-desert-people-desert-power Desert People. Desert Power]. In this painting, Rashid focuses on the perspectives of the people of color. Rashid made it his mission to put the omitted history of the people of color back into the history books. Rashid is so passionate about fulfilling his mission and conveying his narrative that he “turns colonial histories upside down in paintings at VPAM”. Rashid says that his narrative is also conveyed through the hip hop culture of his youth, various pop cultures, and prison cultures. Rashid has created a movement in which to correct the history books in order to shed light on colored people and what they have done for the betterment of this world.