#thestateofblackamerica

[scribesandvibes]

#iaffirm / #positiveaffirmations #Repost @shanequagay_ ・・・ yall still on this? is this still a goal? in your programs? institutions? academies? in your city? on your block? your ethos? yawl on code? ...may i add 'safe' spaces and opportunities -#ShanequaGay ✊🏾 ・・・ #vibewise: #imrootingforeverybodyblack, like #IssaRae ✊🏾 said. today, i #affirm #safespaces and #opportunities, like Shanequa Gay ✊🏾 said. today, i affirm #thecode is #yobumrushtheshow, i ain't waitin' to be let in. oh, why am i standing firm of the #ethos of #blackfirstamericansecond? sometimes it just be like that. why must i indoctrinate my daughter in the belief of #therose that slipped through the crack? i'd rather #StaceyAbrams my way through the game like yo, i'll be right back! i am no longer interested in being the rose that blooms through the crack. i am no longer interested in occupying rooms where i'm the only black. henceforth and forevermore, #iamthedoor. at the root of it all, i jus' wanna plant #seedsofhope where the windows of opportunity are slim and schools are poor. when systemic oppression and microaggression begins to extinguish #blackexpression, i wanna be there to reignite your black fiery soul. for #mypoemsarenotpoems, i am no longer accepting what doesn't feel right in the depths of my soul. i don't wanna wait 'til i die to occupy #thehigh, i'd rather get #litwithoutsherman. why must #theamericandream leave my people with low esteem or a yearnin' for higher learnin'? if knowledge is key, what's gon' happen to me when i shelf #knowledgeofself? what happens to our #imageofself in the absence of media control? why they wanna effeminate the black male, sexualize the black woman, and criminalize the black youth? how's my black life supposed to matter when news media outlets constantly tarnish my beautiful black soul? how are our sons and daughters supposed to grow old, when their skin color is more threatening than insurrectionist control? when they speak #ofourspiritualsurvivings, it shall be the #blackcreatives that speak of #doubleconsciousness, #thestateofblackamerica, and the grief of the internal war. so yeah, #iamrootingforeverybodyblack. -Stevie https://www.instagram.com/p/CLJ9n80hNYS/?igshid=1kbce2k0oitvv