Jeen The Tween

Vibrant flamboyant lovely and lively Jeen the Tween Green is a twelve-year-old Black girl who lives at the intersection of dream and reality. In 2020 Lansing Michigan Jeen stays with her parents grandmother and Baby brother. Her dreams are centered around her skills as a guitar playing singer song writer. Shes driven to compile that one mix tape that propels her to pop rock hip hop star status and a Grammy. Jeen is driven by the notion of success and money. She cherishes friendship and her unique relationship with God. Jeen also embraces her blackness and harnesses strength from successful Black women. Having a school teacher father and a nurse mom Jeen is middle class rich nor poor. For the most part shes centered but internalizes normal emotional stress associated with being young gifted and/or Black. Jeen loathes politics however as a result of the Covid pandemic social activism at home and in the media shes forced to delve deeper into the meaning of life. Her sole reason for existing shifts from fame and fortune to how can she use her skills to positively impact social injustices that she sees unfolding on a daily basis. The Green family undergo American experiences dealing with a pandemic that include but are not limited to; layoffs school closures lockdown restrictions and immense suffering. Aside from family tragedy what impacts Jeen most are social injustices splattered across the web specifically the George Floyd murder police brutality against Black and brown people unfair womens rights etc. Another fact that makes Jeen compelling is how she embraces the promise of an inclusive political machine over a corrupt one. Although young Jeen sees that protesting alone is not enough to make lasting change in an imbalanced country layered with systemic racism sexism and phobias. After seeing a fair presidential election topple a crooked administration Jeen realizes that voting combined with activism are critical toward mending a broken society. Even though shes pre-voting age Jeen adds to her to-do list mobilizing a new wave of youth to vote and prevent GOP politics from ruining her dreams of making America truly a great country. These valuable life lessons lead to self-awareness and purpose.