“While some people trade professions, personalities, and places, if I had the choice, I’d choose to change races. I’d keep my complexion, curly hair, and good graces, but ask me again yes I would’ve liked to change races.”
–La Costena
Archive for the ‘Social Issue’ Category
Trading Races…
Posted in Social Issue, tagged African-American, Black, Latino, Prejudice, Race, Social Issues on December 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Burden of the Enlightened
Posted in Social Issue, Spoken Word on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Burden of the Enlightened… You can’t close your eyes and refuse to realize the unnecessary lies and cutting eyes that surround unhappy lives. Coping mechanisms turned into addiction, real life is now what was once fiction, and we sit in conviction waiting for some end to the non-fiction.
The Plight of the Educated Black Woman
Posted in Social Issue, tagged African-American, Black, Class, Education, Prejudice, Race, Social Issues on October 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
To be angry at the grocery store, at the hair salon, in line at the post office, or even in line for coffee, that’s okay for a black woman. To cause a scene at the register, to curse someone using every slur known to man, that’s just fine for a black woman. To walk off [...]
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