Tuesday 16 June 2020

My Black Is Not for Sale😠

A collaborative piece I wrote with another brilliant poet.



Dear white people,


My black is not for sale

So stop putting a price on it and tryna sell it to the highest bidder

Or package it nicely like some Thanksgiving dinner

My black is not for sale

So keep stealing our intellectual property and claiming like it’s yours- THIEF 

Stop acting like we weren’t the ones who taught you hygiene, mathematics, philosophy and architecture.

Stop acting like you did us a favour by selling us the American dream

Which was really all a lie so you could keep underpaying us while we built your economy, your schools, your nation... while our home was left unguarded and under attack

My black is not for sale

So tell your women to stop injecting their lips tits and ass so they can look like Sarah Baartman- they will never

My black is not for sale

So stop commodifying my culture to further your economy while leaving my people destitute

Dear white people

My black is not for sale

So stop spreading division through your colorist agenda 

My black is not for sale

So stop using token black folk to advertise your company when your company would NEVER let a black person be in a position of power

My black is not for sale

So stop looking at me like BBC and BBW are the only categories I can fit into

My black is not for sale

SO STOP COPYING ME 

My black is not for sale

So stop copying my flows and my verses, stop acting like you about that thug life when your privilege can afford you immunity from oppression

So stop incarcerating our men so you can get free labor

My black is not for sale

So stop using my people as quotas to fill to show how diverse and inclusive your company is

My black is not for sale

So stop killing us and harvesting our organs to sell in the black market

My black is not for sale

And it’s not something you can afford

See you got blood on your hands now

And no matter how much you keep denying that you are a beneficiary of the atrocities your ancestors committed, the truth will remain.

My black is not for sale




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