Reparation

Poet: Ken Jordan Poem: Reparation Edited by: Sparkle Jordan written: July/2014 Why  can't we  get paid? We want  our reparation, for  lost wages of our labor, since the Atlantic Slave Trade- began Reparations for pain  and suffering, from being  auctioned  as  commodity, to racist White men - We were sold  off, to  different  slave owners,   displacing us from our  mother, father,  sister,  and  brother, forever - We demand to be  compensated, for our separation  from  family - We want reparation for false imprisonment  as slave's. Why can't we  get paid? What we want is Retroactive Reparations - It's the only  way that  we can catch up  financially, to  the descendants of  white slave owners, who profited  from  our hard labor. We want  to be  compensated, from  1619 to 1865 -  246 years of slavery. Why can't we  get paid? Native Americans                     got reparations - Japanese                     got reparations - Jews                    got reparations - African Americans                    No reparations - Africans                   No reparations Jamaicans                    No reparations Black Skin                    No reparations And the only thing that  you can  say is, We're sorry!? America, We  do not  accept  your apology, for  your Dark and  Ugly past - No apology,  will ever be  enough. America, You must be held accountable, for what you've done - Why can't we  get paid? Every  African American living is  a descendant  of slavery - Owed over trillions of dollars in reparations - Why can't we  get paid? We died  in uncountable  numbers  at sea, en route  to  the New World - Once here, our death rate  soared, we  encountered horrific deaths: Beatings, Diseases, Lynchings, and Starvation - So Listen Up America! Why can't we  get paid?