Synopsis

The application had included a section on ethnicity, a detail that struck Franco with unexpected force. He’d hoped to be judged solely on the merit of his work, his art speaking for itself. Now, a shadow of doubt fell upon his ambition, a question mark hanging over his dream. The prospect of admission to his chosen school suddenly felt tainted, complicated by a factor entirely beyond his control. He wrestled with the implications, the weight of expectation and the sting of perceived prejudice th