“N-E-G-R-O is that my name”??
Black white!
What do you see?
The color of my skin?!
The name *****! ***** am I... ***** am I?
A Strong young black woman. I stand up tall n raise my head up high and say yes I will make it!
Black ... And white kids we all are people.
We all are people who have dreams and stand as one! One I am. Black and white we join our hands together. And look upon those who have hatred against
black and white. To hate each other,
To disrespect each other
... we all are brothers and sisters. Who am I?! I am a young educated black woman.
I stand and raise my hand up high and look down upon those who want me to fail... Like they say sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me! What do you see when you look at me..? Do you see my eyes...? The shape of my lips... If I am intelligent or not? Am I educated? Or not. ... The color of my skin?
The color of my skin. I may be judged of how I look or how dark I am. Maybe called dumb and stupid! Just because I am black... But oh yes I stand! I stand as a strong educated young black woman. Oh yes I stand! Is it the color of my skin that I am judged for the way I walk, the way I talk. I adore the people, who stand before me and fight for colored people,
I respect them. I look up to them. I may be called a *****! A dark skin girl.
I stand, I stand and let the sun shine on me. I am not a minority, I am a priority ... A black dark skin girl with brains that will succeed. ***** I may be called ... The name I may be called. But I am proud to be an African American young woman. I will rise. Every day, every second, every breath I take. ***** I may be called but I definitely know I stand on top of mountains and seas. I stand to be superior! Black! The color of my skin! *****, the name that will always exist! But I will never let that name N-E-G-R-O break me down.
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
by Jeanna
