nothing kinder-gentler
bout the way they treated
me back then
when I was ridiculed
cuz a my rich melanin

blinded by "if you light, then
you all right"
black folks back then
just wanted to
live white

the cry for desegregation
came ...
unGodly little children
called me out my name...

being better than the best
became our goal
to earn BACK OUR birthright
the slavery system stole

the memory of divisiveness
still etched in black & white
scenes of 'us' v. 'them'
engraved in my hindsight

born between two wars
watts/king riots survivor
afro-wearing sista
"REVOLUTION NOW"-reviver

at times like this I ponder
the paradox of then and now
folks hearts are still as hateful
kinder-gentler?
when & how?

Alyce, 2001

I hear ya sis...some of us STILL think white is right ~ and sad but true, the more things change, the more they are the same.

I hear ya, sis.

B

sistah, selah!

saleem

all we gotta do ...
is feel your flow
nuth'n but kinder & gentler
all the time!

love it Alyce

:heart:

I agree -
racism hasn't went anywhere -
except undercover.
undersheets - not even white sheets -
could be bedsheets,
spreadsheets,
sheetmetal -

I agree ,
I'm not exactly the revolutionary
type cuz it's so typical where
i come from -
but I agree w/ you 100%.

:nono: We will never be free,until everyone
free themselves by free'n their minds and
stop being cruel dumb,and blind

feelin ya sistah A.........
as i stroll back

ya so right cindy so true i really love dis flow