NOT
I am Black
and you will not call me anything else
no
African-American
Afro-Poppin
crap.
You don’t agree with
“Black”?
then you shouldn’t have made that label
part of my history
and therefore
part of my identity.
You
are not
BLACK.
You shouldn’t have
given that to my ancestors
to pass it down to me
you shouldn’t have...
I am not going to check off the box
•“African-American”
I will not conform
Let me give you
a biology lesson.
Let me give you
a history lesson.
Let me give you
a
HIS
STORY
lesson.
The first human fossil
was found…
where?
In Ethiopia…
In Africa…
so…
we’re…
all…
“African-American”?
Ah…
so…
then…
there must be,
the African-Cubans
and the
African-Europeans,
and the
African-Australians
and the
African-rest-of-the-world-people.
If being african American,
is being of African Descent,
and living in America…
you better add a box
: •“Black”
Because
if you want to be
technical
my ancestors
were shipped as slaves
from
DOMINICA
not Africa.
So…
You want to be Politically…
“CORRECT”...
right?
NOT.
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