Long Black person Poems

Hello. I was born after the Civil War and met my fate after much civil unrest. You may have never encountered me, but some things you might already know. My name is Jim Crow, and...

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Oppressor and the oppressed.

Who is the oppressed and who is the oppressor?
Who has the right to beat a random person on the street?
Who has the right when to pronounce a person guilty or to see...

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The year of 2022 and we still experience fear. 
Why do you fear us in “Your” neighborhood, especially Black males? You fear Black males, yet Black males may be working for your company. They are...

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The News and Politicians do all of the above.

Causing fear by reporting what the Government 
thinks about Parents attending 
school board meetings.
That they could be * inciting violence. 
(If it is unfounded then it is...

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when we go to jail we get a legal aid lawyer
who  tells us to take a plea even when we are innocent.
when we go looking for a job, we're told nothing is available.
and when...

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Black Lives Matter is a statement of love not statement of hate 
So, please erase the confusion from your face
But they can't hear because they're too busy spraying mace in my face
They keep yelling: s...

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As the world shifted and divided from whites, Hispanics, and Asians and of course African Americans due to pointless killings from the men in blue, the police. Blacks stormed through their cities protesting and looting....

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Black lives matter is a statement of love not a statement of hate
So please erase the confusion from your face 
I wish they could hear but they're to busy spraying mace in my face
They keep...

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She did everything she could 
And yet somehow it wasn't enough

She did everything right
Yet she still lost the fight

From the very first moment She was born
She was was Stripped of her voice 
There were complications...

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When I see a black person go
and vote for a Republican,
I do not think I’ve seen a more
self-hating and disgusting man.
Do they not know of the struggle?
How can they even show their face?
They deserved to...

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I laugh out loud
every time I hear a politician say,
that the best way to enrich a black person's life,
is to give them a job
Give them some work to do
Labor is the way out of poverty...

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A Town I knew

He was born in a narrow-minded town where a Christian
the party was in power, and there were rules for acceptable 
behavior by stern people who liked to tell others what
is right, of...

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My mind was once tranquil lavender...
an equal blend of blue and red.
Sometimes a tone darker or lighter
depending upon the issue at hand-
Recently its blooming only one color.
Because I've been told over and over.
To shut up-to...

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‘I Can’t Breathe’ 

Please, man, please,
But officer gives me a harder squeeze, 
Mounting his full body weight on me,
Like a white horse crushing a blackbird,
I just want to be free,
But he refuses to move his...

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Serenity was stuck in between The Crowd...
Destinies skin turned Black; Yet Strong and Proud.
The Whiten and Blacken Memories of Harsh Comments stood.
Faith becoming taunted by words from The Misunderstood.
How quickly There were Ones who shoved...

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And I quote "You're so well spoken; I loved your story" end quote 
I hear that once about every other week at the current rate
But what I really wanted to say in response was: oh,...

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That day she decided to speak
For too long they had called her meek
She woke up early 
Decided she'd wear something that would compliment her curvy 
Spent hours on her hair making sure each and every...

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Acceptance equals survival 
Survival equals safety
Comfort equals invisibility 
And invisibility is vital 
For us to live a somewhat peaceful life
'Somewhat' because they even kill us in silence 
They even kill us despite our compliance 
When...

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Nobody loves themself more than a black person does
	nobody is as big-hearted to call strangers ‘bro or ‘cous
	always hugging and kissing to convey what can’t be said
Expressing the way they feel with a gentle stroking...

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They hate us not because we’re bad but because we are everything they cannot be
Because while they stew in their own misery
Formed from their own jealousy 
We live life fully
Because that’s the beauty of Black...

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It was 8:46: Eight minutes and forty six seconds to solemnly remember;
 George Floyd desperately gasping for breath; until, he transitioned yonder.
Though he pleaded and cried, with every breath, that couldn’t be sounded louder;
Even bystanders...

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Nobody hates themself more than a black person does
	nobody thinks more about things that never was
	always wondering what they could’ve did or should’ve been
If they wasn’t blocked by a color barrier dead-end
	
Nobody indulges in foolishness...

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First sighting

It was an early summer morning when my best friend Edwin 
threw pebbles on my window to wake me up
I like morning slumber, waking up at six, looking at the alarm
the clock on the...

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Her silence spoke louder than words
Her eyes A window to her hurt
Begging to be heard
She thought that was something she deserved 
So why had she been ignored 

She roamed the earth like a ghost
A lost...

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Can happily ever after truly ever exist 
Where we live in a world that looks like this 
Where we live in a society that favours division

Because how can one truly be happy
In a world that...

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