fighting stereotypes
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I'd rather be a free, black sheep of a soul
or stiffer than a piece of coal
than be bound at the neck, wrist, and ankles
by the chains of labels and stereotypes
You say
That I’m the whitest black girl
You’ve ever seen.
Now, I’ve heard it from other races,
But somehow
When it comes from you,
Another African American
It breaks my heart,
