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2008
Folder:
Black Poetry .
Not the lynchings, not Floyd
or Taylor, a brilliant man
took usa's helm in Black hands
and the Black world awakened.
.
Superficial was banished as
scholars went into the roots
of white supremacy, smirking
outrage for absent equity,
imbalanced scales of justice
a trap, a stop gap; they went
critical racially and a spade
digs once again at ofays
and exclusionary dictates.
.
Subtle, insidiously hidden was
a way to keep not only Ex-enslaved
descendants, but other colored,
and other ofays electronically
chained to an ultra-ofay ordering.
.
This is not a rant, not a blame
fest, or shaming. We set that aside
with black face, Ben, and Jemima.
It is time for a meeting of minds
at the Federal Reserve and The
Treasury of us of a for every-player
new rules before interest rates
tumble in the future.
.
Lady A
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Where Representation Meets Reality
At its core, the piece for me reflects on the cultural, intellectual, and political shift triggered by Barack Obama’s 2008 election, and how that moment awakened both hope and deeper scrutiny of America’s racial foundations. But instead of celebrating uncritically, you appear to interrogate:
• the persistence of white supremacy
• the illusions of progress
• the economic systems that bind everyone—Black, “colored,” and even “ofays”—to a larger structural order
It’s a piece that eludes to awakening, disillusionment, and the need for systemic—not symbolic—change.
Missing you my friend
Missing you my friend. RIP
©bishu
I agree, we don't need
I agree, we don't need another rant or blame fest, but real ideas like these. I'm all in. Well penned motivation.