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I Wanted to Be White
A very personal piece about my journey into becoming a black woman.
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Baby Food
If I was born around 150 years ago I may not have made it to age 2 I would have dunked in the water Unable to swim Alligators nipping at my toes And then devising I was good enough to consume Babies have pain receptors But they do not have words black babies had nothing.…
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All Black Boys Need Bulletproof Vests & Lawyers on Speed Dial
Unarmed black boys get shot by police and bleed to death on the streets. They get shot for walking while black wearing hoodies, drinking Arizonas playing music a little too loudly skipping through backyards playing in their front yards and looking “suspicious” when they just want to go home How does a nine year old…
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Emmett Till
(July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) I would say rest in peace but you are in pieces. Your mother requested an open casket at your funeral and we saw where fish nibbled at your flesh and where your smile turned into a shriek and how scared you must have felt that day. You were…
Ashley Elizabeth 