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Black Like Me
Black like me?
I see white every where
White walls
White people
I feel intimidated
That White is the dominant race
I feel upset
They captured us
From the depth of despair
This is going to go on forever
I fear for African Americans
We can't walk outside
Without being judged and feared
But yet we have a black president?
Segregation is over
But it feels like we're still living in it
"I have a dream"
Does his dream matter?
I'm not angry at all
Just disgusted with ya'll
Still there goes the tension
between Blacks and Whites
Why can't get along
It's funny how America says "justice for all"
But when a cop shoots at a Black man
we don't have justice at all.
I'm scared to ristk my life
every time I walk in the streets
We all have rights. The same rights.
We deserve better way by far
Our ancestors fought for these rights
So why have we given up this fight?
We're tired of being judged as a disgrace
to the human race
less pay
more to say
1960 seems like just a time and year
2016 we still are mistreated to this day.
It'll never go away
The White and Black ways.
We have give them a harder fight
Have faith and hope
That One day we will all come together
Blacks, Whites, As one.
As all.
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I completed this piece for an English class assignment on Spoken Word. My teacher told me to write something I am passionate about and being a young black female I felt that I wanted to share what I knew on the topic and try to get people to help themselves. We lean towards fighting when we really need peace and I think it's important. I want to share my poem with every one and to understand violence isn't the answer. We need to all come together, as one.