Black in America

What is Black? A race or just a color?
Black is a beautiful movement
Black is tradition
Black is you, me, we
Black is history, present and future
yet, Black is opinionated
Black is disowned
Black is unappreciated
Black is overlooked and unloved
Black is a variable--forever shifting
Indefinite in direction and uncertain of fate
Black is what they tell us but also what we believe
Black is brave
Black is Bold
Black is Martin, Rosa, Shirley, Cassius, Ray, Stevie, Aretha, Jackie, Venus, Serena and Tiger
Black is Kobe, Lebron, Kanye, Spike, Maya, Whitney and Malcolm
Black is Barack
Black is NOT America
Black is IN America
Black is powerful
Black is in our veins and roots
but--
Black is Black
Black is us
Black is what we allow it to be
Black is..

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