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Fighting for My Equal Right


Whether you call it Racial Discrimination, or Racial Degradation Racially inferior minds Would still have me to believe My skin color makes me an alien To my own birth nation Even Now I have to fight for an equal chance To be educated Proving that I too, Can effectively communicate my thoughts, and Be direct, And At the same time submissive… Is doable, but why must advancement Be so Complicated Brown v. the Board of Education Ruled that racial segregation Was UNconstitutional Affirmative action went two steps further Saying racial discrimination Is INexcusable So why now in 2013 Am I still fighting Why is then a subtle now With me as a token But not an equal eager mind A pawn for more money And no promise of receiving the Support needed for my degree I mean if I am the only BLACK entering into the class Will I be given an equal Objective opportunity? Valid question, but the answer Is already KNOWN However, I will keep fighting For my equal right To prove I’m more than worthy, Better than able, and Cognitively stronger, than Strong
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lele_spelman
Thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts on the subtle injustices that exists today

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