Saturday, June 12, 2021

Kin not Skin

Five children, one set of parents, New Orleans Creole

The palette, the color of skin ranging from white to black and

Everything in between.  Lighter is better, of course

Even in the same family.


Hierarchies set by skin color and tone


Michael Jackson lightened his skin color

White Man in Black Face, fun-loving comedian

Or, hostile as hell?


Plantation owner asked his slaves to dance 

At parties for whites, he said,

"We treat our maid like she was family."

Incest Run Amok


Darkness and Light

Fear and Delight


Young black and brown boys, girls

Men and women slaughtered

By police for 

Walking, Jogging, Standing, Sleeping,

Talking, Being in the Wrong Neighborhood


I Can't Breathe

I Can't Breathe


When will this horror stop? 

Ever?


Let us educate ourselves, listen, hear,  

And understand to assist in the shift

Of our consciousness


Go back to our roots

Transform the culture, the family, the kin

We were born into

To re-create the world this time

In Jesus' image

A dark-skinned person 

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