WHY…

WHY

ARE WE TOLD OUR HISTORY IS DIFFERENT FROM

AMERICAN HISTORY IF IT TOOK PLACE IN AMERICA.

BUILT ON THE BROKEN BACKS AND STREAMING SWEAT

OF MY ANCESTORS, I AM MADE TO FORGET-

REMEMBER 9/11 BUT FORGET SLAVERY.

WHY

BECAUSE YOU DON’T SEE YOURSELVES IN THOSE

TERRORIST THAT HIJACK PLANES TO TAKE LIVES,

BUT FEEL SHAME FROM SEEING YOURSELVES

IN THOSE THAT HIJACK LIVES TO STEAL LAND

FROM OTHERS IN THE NAME OF EXPLORATION.

WHY

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DISCOVER A PLACE

THAT ALREADY BELONGS TO SOMEONE OTHER

THAN YOU. THAT IS CALLED CONQUEST AND

THIEVERY, NOT DISCOVERY; GREED LEADING

TO GENOCIDE, FOLLOWED BY ISOLATION.

WHY

AM I ABLE TO TALK ABOUT YOU WRONGING

OTHERS BESIDES MY ANCESTORS, DO YOU NOT

SEE THE ISSUE. OH, YOU DO, THAT IS WHY MY

HISTORY MUST BE SEPARATE DESPITE TAKING

PLACE IN THE SAME PLACE AS YOURS.

WE DON’T BLAME YOU FOR WHAT YOUR ANCESTORS

 DID, ONLY ASK IT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR WHAT

IT IS. YET YOU’D RATHER ERASE IT FROM YOUR

HISTORY ENTIRELY, WHILE RELEASING US FROM SHACKLES

ONLY TO CONTINUE CHAINING US THROUGH OPPRESSION.

WHY?