When Enough is Enough #bennjerry

blacklivesmatter

The comment from The Grio stopped my heart. It is so true and I understand the  depths of its truth to my core.   I would have been one of those black folks if I haven’t attended an HBCU and read everything I got my hands on.  It is so appalling how these systems have robbed many of us the ability to see, love, hear, protect and feel.  We are divided bodies trying to survive in a world hostile to our very existence.

 

 

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Published by Poet Kiana Davis

Kiana Davis was born and raised in Richmond, California. She began writing poetry at the age of 12 to grapple with growing up in a low income community and to help her develop her identity as a young black girl in America. For the past 10 years, she has worked as an educator teaching at-risk youth in Washington State.

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