Tag: race
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Resilience is a seed that will come to flower
I know I have power and I know its from my history from the freedom fighters who gifted me my liberty to the warriors and legends inside my own family I know the electric charge of legacy that fires me I draw strength from my ancestry like we’re directly connected via USB at times the…
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My Neighbour Hung a St. George’s Flag and Asked Me What I Thought
My neighbour hung a St. George’s flag and asked me what I thought,Now I’ve been known for my quick wit, but my brain – licked by the grotesqueness of it – could form no such retort,I had no words,No words would come,Struck dumb and dumbfounded that he would ask me something so inherently… dumb,With zero…
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Hi, my name is…
This #poem was inspired by a real life Teams meeting I was on this week. Inspired too by a post I saw today about #nationalinclusionweek and the importance of getting people’s names right. I have a very Anglicised name yet you would be astonished by the sheer number of people who still get it wrong……
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Why we need to keep talking about race
Last night I got to deliver the keynote address at a poetry book launch. I was also one of the judges who deliberated over the this year’s competition entries (after winning myself last year). It was such a great evening with amazing food (feed me and I will go anywhere for you! Haha), poetry readings,…
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Unchained
Mr Organ Grinder, Please discard your bait, I will no longer dine Upon you hate, Your slurs disguised as playfulness serve only to fat my stubbornness, Heels dug in, Now listen well; You do not own this coloured girl, I will not dance, No sir, Not today, And your ignorance is in my way, If…
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Yellow Girl
Too white to be black, Too black to be white, “They’ll throw you in the river when the two sides fight” Flat bottom, Picky hair, And thick thunder thighs, Freckles on my nose, lips and under my eyes, I’m a yellow girl, I’m a browning, I’m half-caste, I’m mixed race, And believe me; I’ve been…
Serena Malcolm 