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Thursday, November 03, 2016
Why it Matters: A Discourse on Why We Won't "Shut Up" About Being Black in America
I was having a normal conversation about how working for pennies inspired me to do better in school, and in this I was offering the proof ...
Monday, January 19, 2015
The Lost Dream
A Person Reflection on a Dream Deferred I am not like them-- For they are not like me, We are different We are not the same. M...
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Wild Thing
Wild thing, Atop my head Shimmying down In bouncing coils... Defiant and untameable You grace the world. Proud in your wildness Stu...
Monday, April 21, 2014
The Way I Wear My Slave Hair
The ability to reduce your own genetics To words and phrases someone else created, And devour your own culture With the fuel and ammunit...
Friday, April 04, 2014
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Walk Like A Celebrity Every time I open my mouth The world is ready to criticize-- They call me a role model, Say I represent my ...
Monday, March 10, 2014
The Curly Love Affair
I can't imagine spending a lifetime Never understanding you, Hiding you away in my ignorance Unable to follow your twists and turn...
Friday, February 28, 2014
Goodbye, February:
Spotlight on Us Picture from Black Enterprise Black history covers a wide range of fields and subjects, from doctors and lawyers ...
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Keepin' It 100:
Spotlight on the One-Drop Rule Black faces all around me, From coffee to the color of sand A rainbow shining through eyes Blue...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
La Belle et la Bête:
Spotlight on Saartije Baartman La Belle et la Bête... Admire me from afar and take note-- My skin, my hair, my face, and m...
Friday, February 07, 2014
Sacred Part of Me:
Spotlight on the Natural Hair Movement Locked in an air tight box, Put on display for the world to see The Pride Tree is cut and...
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Following the Crowd
I 've always been one of those people that hates the idea of doing something because everyone else is doing it, which often leads to me...
Monday, December 09, 2013
Remnants of Humanity
Every word spewing from your mouth, Every stroke from the keyboard, Fills me with rage-- Logic says you deserve to suffer Your complaint...
Monday, November 25, 2013
Pay It Forward
Question after question Answer after answer, I'm here. Waiting and struggling, Trying to make sense Of someone else's ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Progress
You don't want me to succeed? Fine-- Push me in the ditch, We can wrestle there. Me struggling to succeed, You trying to hold me ba...
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Citizen
Is this how its going to be forever? Me seeing you, You seeing me But never seeing each other-- Empty promises and unfit lies... Words ...
Inner Strength
Who gave you power to belittle me? To dig your nails under my skin With infantile words and insults? Your permission has been revoked-- ...
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Success & Narcissism
I'm my own number one fan-- I Love everything I do, I Agree with everything I say And I'm always on my side. I come closer and close...
Friday, October 04, 2013
Tell Me Lies
Ask me a question, Lay your insecurities at my feet. Wish for the answer You wish you would hear... Wait silently for confirmation Of a...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Annoyance
There's nothing worse than ignorance It creeps in under the guise of intelligence And often doesn't know its own stupidity-- It boas...
Saturday, September 07, 2013
Beauty
Beauty knows no bounds Its not defined by lack of scars Or the absence of blemish-- Au contraire, Your faults make you beautiful
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