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My blackness goes before me

My blackness goes before me
A steady anger burns within me Welling up from deep Deep inside Three-fifths of a human being The sacred constitution of the Red, white and blue Walking into a room My blackness goes My blackness goes Goes before me Those of the majority Not all Not few But many Still do not see See me as human woman Only Black Not...
May 2nd, 2011 | Creative Writing, Culture, Featured | Read More

10 Reasons not to read this

10 Reasons not to read this
1. Let’s start with the obvious: The author is a white male, part of a group whose voice is vastly overrepresented in the media. Instead of reading yet another piece from a white male perspective, why not read something written by those whose voices are either not heard or marginalized. 2. Chances...
January 24th, 2011 | Creative Writing, Talk About Race, The Arts | Read More

Resource Wars

Resource Wars
Black raw diamond Flowing unchecked deep beneath Middle Eastern lands Will be the end of us Addicted to the pleasures Of easy living, not thinking about the Price paid in sweat, tears and Blood Like heroin, crack cocaine Attracts users laying their souls bare Before the lure of temporary pleasure A sure...
August 26th, 2010 | Creative Writing, Culture | Read More

Caribbean Black Isolated in White Suburbia

Caribbean Black Isolated in White Suburbia
Caribbean black living Isolated in white suburbia, My white neighbor smiles But not with her eyes Hides so as not to speak; I accept Why? To be accepted, To be liked To be respected To be liked? Yet I am rejected, Sincere smiles, conversations, Emotive hand-waves saved for Those who look Like her; she...
August 26th, 2010 | Creative Writing, Culture | Read More

What does an illegal immigrant look like?

What does an illegal immigrant look like?
A poem by Christy NaMee Eriksen An illegal immigrant Looks like a nickel Tails up On the sidewalk Fallen out of someone’s pocket. She looks like pressed bleached sheets On cheap beds Tucked tight A hundred of them Twelve stories high. I saw one like a mango Peeled and sprinkled with chili powder On...
May 3rd, 2010 | Creative Writing, Featured | Read More

Blanqueamiento: A poem by Adebe DeRango-Adem

Blanqueamiento: A poem by Adebe DeRango-Adem
The land that’s yours is mine, is shadows, which I see both dreaming and in the night when drums make our old selves dance, bring us to embrace those old ghosts weaving through. No one owns them or us,  nor the fearful asymmetries of our lineage, of our Caribe we left for new callings, a new response from...
March 22nd, 2010 | Creative Writing, Culture, Featured | Read More

Other Tongues: Mixed-Race Women in North America Speak Out

Other Tongues: Mixed-Race Women in North America Speak Out
Being interracial in Canada is about crossing borders: some imaginary, and some rigidly imposed.  It is also about juggling with hyphens and margins, and struggling to carve out a space in Canada’s proclaimed multicultural imaginary – a space that, as many might argue, is largely make-believe...
February 23rd, 2010 | Creative Writing, Culture, Featured, The Arts | Read More

The African American

The African American
An Open Poem Response to Smokey Robinson Smokey Robinson’s original poem There’s no shame in taking on another new name Because each new identity increases our game Sojourner Truth Frederick Douglass Ntozake, Amiri B. Malcolm X, Martin Luther and Assata, you see? But you don’t understand That...
February 10th, 2010 | Creative Writing, Culture, Featured, The Arts | Read More
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