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With stricter punishments they dread education. Then we skip their names on job applications. Faced with hunger they run out of time, Left with no choice except a life of crime. Tossed in jail with no other options, Casualties of our own corruption. “Black Lives Matter!” we hear their voices. In a world that has given them so few choices. Our biases create their sad demise, And as far as I can truly surmise, Being white does have its special benefits When skin color becomes our main emphasis Please listen up and change our ways So as not to repeat our yesterdays. Upon reading the book "Just Mercy" by Brian Stevenson, he makes the claim that one in three male African American boys born in 2001 will be incarcerated during some time in their life. This statistic has been questioned, but it is still alarming even if it is 1 in 4, or 1 in 5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/06/16/the-stale-statistic-that-one-in-three-black-males-has-a-chance-of-ending-up-in-jail/?utm_term=.864959a7f949
Research shows black children are punished more harshly for the same issues at school: http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2014/12/27/research-shows-black-students-punished-more-severely-why-dont-schools-believe-it-and-fix-it/ Research shows black named job applicants get fewer call backs than their white named counterparts: http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/mar/15/jalen-ross/black-name-resume-50-percent-less-likely-get-respo/
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Poetry by: AsherahAlthough she was selectively edited out of the Bible two thousand years ago, she raises her voice for women today in hopes of a better tomorrow, as she makes waves of change, one poem at a time. Archives
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