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We are people of color prideful beautiful of color but we are viewed as athletes rappers and singers eventhough we have one of us in the white house we are still viewed as such we were once kings and queens but was stolen from our land and our land was robbed of everything we were oppressed and forced into a way of life that we didn't want our women was raped and viewed as sexual objects instead of people our men was labors and when they could no longer perform they were tossed aside left to fend for themselves and when we finally had our freedom our problems continued we viewed as second-rate inferior to the other race, we weren't given any opportunities and when it came to school it was horrible just another thing we had to endure like segregation we couldn't use the same restrooms or sit next to them but the sad thing about it was that it was viewed as constitutional "Separate but Equal" was what they were calling it but when the nation was under attack who did they turn too they turned too us for help but we were still treated unfair but there were some bright moments for us during that era Jack Robinson opened the door for us to play sports Dr. Martin Luther King Malcolm X Rosa Parks fought for our equality along with others that are not mentioned in this poem that's why I am grateful for all of the opportunities that I have today I am grateful to go to school and sit anywhere I want to I am grateful for all the people of color who gave it there all and sacrificed everything they had so that we could have this chance to do what they could not do I love my people of color my prideful beautiful of color and just to let you know I'm not a racist just someone giving you the history of our people the people of color
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