- Jeny Smith: Video Title- White In Public

On-screen text appears: “You get used to the armor. Until you remember what skin feels like.”

She argues—without arguing at all—that the violence isn’t always a slur or a shove. Sometimes it’s the slow erosion of spontaneity. It’s never being able to forget how you look to other people. Video Title- White In Public - Jeny Smith

If you’ve ever felt the weight of a stare in a room where you were supposed to feel safe, or adjusted your voice, your walk, or your wardrobe to survive a simple errand, Jeny Smith’s latest video, “White In Public,” is going to hit you right in the chest. On-screen text appears: “You get used to the armor

It’s a gut punch. In that silence, Smith articulates what thousands of people—especially Black women, queer folks, and anyone whose body has been politicized—experience daily. The exhaustion of constant performance. The loneliness of being “the first” or “the only” in a space. In an era of curated outrage and clickable trauma, “White In Public” is radical because it refuses to be loud. Smith doesn’t name-call. She doesn’t recount a single dramatic incident of racism or harassment. Instead, she makes the micro visible. It’s never being able to forget how you

But the real story isn’t in the errands. It’s in her eyes.