Some 400 years ago
the unruly Whites
began the mentality
that the inferior Negro
lay bound in shackles.
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Years-long practices in abuse
pressed silent wonderings.
Dark ebony skin
were bound and forgotten,
disdain and denied.
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They tried to justify
the division of two worlds.
They fondled our own
with intimate moments.
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They took our name,
our people,
our bodies,
our lives.
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There was no remedy.
They felt entitled to our
black men and women.
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One can not help
but to look back on this.
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We were denied freedom.
Our people were forgotten
when Africans were taken
and made slaves.