'Anti-Racism' hope blackpower
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Black is not evil, It's a Style so grandA beauty that's been hidden from our sightNo longer to hid our precious handand question Who we are in day And night
The Sum Being called N-Word How many times? Being underestimated because I am a Black womanSeveral timesSnubbed because I am BlackToo many times Ignored because I am a womanLots of timesA look of surprise and a frown when I say that my mother read
Saying I'm Deleted is Your Execution
You can't get rid of me even if you start a Revolution
Evolution- I evolved into my next phase you can't break me down
That's like running through a Maze- I am Stronger than you
I am
a revolutionary, fighting
for the ones who are
afraid, for the ones who are
unable, for the ones who are
here, and for the ones who are
not yet born.
I am
I'm black and you are white should I run
Can we stop punching each other?
If I cut my skin and you cut yours the blood will have the same color, red
Why do you hate me so much?
I'm black and you are white should I run
Can we stop punching each other?
If I cut my skin and you cut yours the blood will have the same color, red
Why do you hate me so much?
“Why is she black?”
Why did he ask?
I didn’t know dad was a bigot and would
recite one incident that made them all bad
I feel like I’m in a dystopia
Called America.
Known as the
Land of the free,
Land of
proposed
Dreams.
What's the point in being black if I have to hide it like a disease? If I wear my vocabulary like a fac
The image that stays with me comes from the story
of a black boy playing wide-eyed with his toy dinosaurs.
And maybe this is the picture that stays with everybody,
I am not black stop calling me that.
I am that I am before words we’re create by those who forgot what I know now what they lack.
I am not black don’t you call me that.
THE ULTIMATE PRICE
Ever felt much weight on your neck
That makes it feel like you can't breathe?
You can't move your neck?
I have
I am not ok today.
why?
Because i have to wake up everyday and nolonger be amazed at what my reality has become.
I am not ok today.
I shouldnt have to apologize for the blackness of my son.
Lil white boys
Yes, you
I am talking.
For once, I am taking up space
Listen.
What are you, scared?
Racism is an everlasting problem that will never end People are blinded And so close-minded That they will always play pretend
Black people are always getting treated like dirt
Someones getting shot or ends up getting hurt
We try hard and fight for justice so this can stop
People are just people
Accept black skin as legal
Shooting us for no good reason is uacceptable
Our skin is as harmless as vegetables
Night sky, blue eyes, new lies These aren’t just words, Now it’s bright as day but the past was the night sky Do you see now where the stars lie? We used to mean something back then and stick outSo many stars came in and then dul
Richard Lee, Robert E Lee’s brother
The man who raped his slave
His slave, my great great great great grandmother
My blood is the blood of the oppressor but also the survivor
There are many different colors,
that I see on many faces.
I see them on many people,
and in many different places.
What kind of colors do you think I see?
Just two years ago,
I entered Secret Santa
By chance, you chose me!
You brought Christmas late
But I did not mind at all
Rooted in Africa.
Rooted in Europe.
Rooted in slave boats.
Rooted in Maryland Missouri Delaware Kentucky.
Rooted in appropriation.
Untamed nappy wild Afro hair.
Today I’m gonna take you all into a world we don’t all know. A world that contains all of Us. A world with its high’s and its lows
America, America. Oh, how thou great.
You're people have been washed and drowned in hatred.
They are decendents of a people who rejected what was.
We are the creation of multigenerational curses.
A brilliant mind
Undefined
By works of those who captivate the mind
Devine and true
A black mind that is capable
of more than a just thing or two
We sit right in front of you
