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Black History Fun Fact Friday: The Brown Paper Bag Test
An Instagram video inspired today’s post, where a group of young black people engaged in a debate about whether light skin blacks are treated better than dark skin blacks. This debate spun out of control and eventually led to a full-blown argument that made it difficult for the viewer to comprehend what each party said.… Continue reading
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His Skin
Handsome does not conjure the strength succulent enough to uncover the sun underneath his skin. Shame on those who sexualize him. Who sees his body as cheap and public. Who does he think he is, being darker than a brown paper bag? Sometimes they notice him like the sun swinging in the sky and still,… Continue reading
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YouTube: New Poems Added! Subscribe Today #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #SpokenWord
New poems have been added to the page! Subscribe to watch Her Skin, Letters to Some of the Black Women Writers who Inspired Me, If My Books Shall Die and more! CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE!! Continue reading
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Her Skin
She has heard for too long now that her pores bleed the color of slave ships that chains have been seen in her smile that her skin shines like a beacon of shame sprinkled amidst Mississippi cotton fields sometimes her beauty sticks out like a diamond in the ruff they notice her and still she… Continue reading
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