I'm not coloured... I'm black
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Shaneece Jackson is an African American that has recently been chosen to study at the most prestigious school of arts Woolart Academy in New York city and is about to find out that her simple and beautiful life in Texas didn't prepare her for the many trials she'd face here and the most difficult trial of all....something she can't change......the colour of her skin
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