America is...

America is,
The land of the free…
But not for me at least.
Yeah,
I know it can be really great.
No I'm not trying to instigate,
It's just…

America was built on slavery and…
You're more concerned with being politically correct,
Than being a friend to me.

The worst thing I could do is call you racist?
The worst thing you could do is remain ignorant and oblivious to all the elements of racism still present today.

In America,

Men can't be feminine or show emotion.

Women can't be authoritative, unless they want to be called a female dog.

They don't see color and ignorance is bliss.

Yes #AllLivesMatter, but darling...not everyone starts off on the same level, think about equity here.
If a house is on fire the fire department isn't going to come put water on the house next to it that isn't burning because all houses matter,
they are going to put it on the one that needs help now,
the one that's burning down.

In case you didn't know….

Feminists do not hate men.
Men can be feminists.

Racism is still present and microaggression is it's its biggest form.

Black lives need help now, minority lives need help now.

Women of power are not b*tches. We are strong women.

It's never the victim's fault. Stop asking what she was wearing.

You don't have to be between a size 0-2 to be beautiful. The average size woman in America is between size 16-18.

Catcalling is not a compliment and no one is entitled to your body.

Sure, America is great, but we've got alot a lot of work to do. I didn't just come to complain, I came to make a change.

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