This series investigates the constantly shifting notion of acceptable public Blackness while challenging the viewers own perspective. The gaze has intent. Effectively, The viewer has the power to determine the outcome. You think, therefore I am. The impact of an oppressive gaze is informed by the larger culture. A culture which has historically served White supremacist views. This gaze has the power to shift the way marginalized individual see themselves. “ Therefore I Am” as a body of work challenges the social constructs placed forth against BIPOC communities by examining these notions through the lens of the of machine learning.