Writer, artist and producer Donovan Scribes stands in front of a mural of George Floyd painted in downtown Portland in June 2020.
Mika Martinez
Donovan Scribes, a Black writer, artist and producer, thinks a person’s name can be a point of pride or a point of shame. The fourth-generation Portlander recently wrote an essay explaining why he chose to change his surname from Smith to Scribes. He joins us to explain his decision, which is the culmination of a deeply personal journey and an act of reclamation made when confronting the legacy of slavery within his own family’s history.
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