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VOICES IN MY EARS
These voices in my ears are not what I love to hear
They bring me less joy and more fear
These voices in...
So .....
What makes these stupid blacks
think that crime and selling crack
will get them out the ghetto ?
What makes these...
My name is Kimberly, I'm seventeen and I'm mixed-
Mexican and Vietnamese
As a kid I don’t remember a time I questioned my...
I really like your backpack,
Did your parents buy you a new one for this year?
No, actually, this is the same backpack I...
I’m mine own. I’m supposed to be like my family. I’m seen as one with them. I’m told that I act so different from my...
Squids and sequins
dance for cheap ribbons
spilt upon the floor
one drink or four
stuck under my shoe
toilet paper or a...
Once I was eating lunch with my friends
I told them I wanted to try out for the football team, they were shocked
They said...
Who are you?
You tell me your name, but that doesn't answer my question?
Who are you? Look deeper.
You tell me what you do....
If you’ve ever been on stage
I’m sure you know the feeling
Your heart racing so fast it could never keep the beat
Your mind...
The phrase,"But you're ..." makes no sense
Just because I am, doesn't mean it applies to me.
Yes, I am black, with natrual...
The Colors of Racism
What is the problem?
The problem with this world?
Why does it matter?
The color of our skin?
Does...
Dear young black women you are strong, dear young black women you are not alone
We come in all shades we are not defined, ...
exhaustion
an everlasting feeling of being incomplete
but only for todaywill the sun no longer show its rays disclaimerthis...
Dady why are we here hiding in the closet, mom is downstairs screaming; we should be with her. Dady Im scared. Dady I think...
It is the American DreamWhat we all strive for and imagineIn double-wide trailers to double-wide mansionsIn sprouting lakes...
If Only You Could See
Every night I think of the way society is.
Making people feel welcome and appreciated is my role...
I’m mine own. I’m supposed to be like my family. I’m seen as one with them. I’m told that I act so different from my...
STOP, SHE'S MY FRIEND.
Yea, she may be Syrian,
But so what?
You're American.
STOP, HE'S MY NEIGHBOR.
Yea, he may be...
Growing the differneces of your mind
can often come with circumferences of a certain kind.
often mistaken for blind
and...
As a little girl, I've always dreamt of being one of those Disney princesses.
Long, flowing bodacious hair. A slim ,...
Because I love you, I want us to last, The time will then flash.
People discrimonize, telling lies, right before your...
STOP LOOKIN’ AT ME LIKE THAT!!
By: Cody Burnette
Stop lookin’ at me like that!
I’ve graduated top of my class
I work...
A small detail of a person
Just a genetic-a factor;
not their pesonaity,
not their anger,
not their smile,
but something...
Accused for the crime Too young to do the time Central Park forever changed In they hearts forever chained Stripped away...
Black people
There are only two words that I could think
Gangs, Traditional, Rappers, Hip-hop, R&B, and basketball...
I'm just a criminal in your eyes
Because I'm not white as snow
In your eyes
I'm the broken child
Daddy took the next flight...
Judging.
How do you judge?
Get to know somebody
And learn more about him or her.
Judging.
It's getting darker.
A tornado tears through lands,
But I feel so bad.
The impact is colossal.
I wonder if it's my fault.
I am that sunflower that grows to the moonlight
You feed me moonshine and I spit water like liquid courage
Just like moon
I...
Despite who you are, I love you.
Despite where you came from, I love you.
Despite your age,
Despite what you are,
Despite...
I know it started in the summer
I thought you were a boy who couldn’t be dumber
You asked for a movie and you provided
And I...
It was a wild night, even you agree;Under this Blue Moon, we dress in fashion;Whether we are rich or poor, gold or green;...
You paint me with danger
To resemble the hated terrorist
With nothing but terror
Inside their thalamus
That drives them into...
“Basic white chick” this is what I usually get stereotyped as because I’m a blonde white girl
I get called dumb, and...
I look over their what do I see
I see millions of girls loving their bodies
Loving their curves loving their fat
Embracing...
There is no end in site.
Stereotypes exist because of..:
Muslims who blow things up,
Christians who wrongfully judge,...
we all know about the gays and trans
these poor abused people
scattered about the land
however what we all forget
is people...
The white woman at the DMV
Stares down at me
16 years old and in line for my first I.D.
I take the photo twice to make sure...
SOME ADDICTS...
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Some...
What do they see?
They don’t see me for my heart for they believe it to be irrelevant to do so
I am like a shadow that...
I watched the news in comfortAnd wondered what happens next in America.But, one day, when I thought no white or black,...
1Cerberus the dog with numerous-a-head and snakes for tails-wow!,
2How was he bred?,
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You dress like me,
You talk like me,
You rap like me,
You sing like me,
You dance like me,
You swag like me.
You cut...
A size dosen't make you.
Your skin dosen't determine how you'll act.
Just because you're not smiling dosen't always mean...