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Our Black is Beautiful

This poem is to empower my peers to embrace their melanin.

Jasmine Searcy

Oct 03, 2016

Alabama A&M

Everyday Feminism

Our Black is Beautiful

Black is supposed to be beautiful
Different shades of beauty
Different shapes of beauty
Different styles of beauty

Society has distorted our beauty
It has shaped our minds and character into disfigurement
We no longer know what true beauty looks like

We are so caught up in materialistic things and gadgets that we are lost
We care more about clothes and cars than our people in poverty
We care more about fighting then helping each other

We care more about what our fake hair looks like than what our children have to eat
We care more about being rappers or athletes than making a real living with real goals in life
We are not what reality television has described us to be
We are not what other races want us to be

We are black
We are beauty
We are a nation that needs to stop and be still
We are a nation that needs to stand together and become peaceful

No longer do we need wars on each other
No longer do we need our sons and brothers overcrowding prisons
No longer do we need our daughters and sisters to know what the streets are
No longer do we need our mothers and fathers running away from homes
No longer do we need no one teaching our children about our history

We need peace
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream for his generations future
What's yours?

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Dealing with the inevitable realities of college life.

Don't freak out

Email the professor

Attend the first class

Keep attending class

Have a backup plan

Remember that everything works out at the end

It's mandatory to have these conversations.

1. What do you do for a living?

2. What's your favorite color?

3. Do you have any siblings?

4. What's your favorite television show?

5. When is your birthday?

6. What's your biggest goal in life?

7. If you had three wishes granted to you by a genie, what would they be?

8. What's your favorite childhood memory?

9. If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

10. Are you a cat or a dog person?

11. Do you believe in a religion or any sort of spiritual power?

12. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?

13. What is your ideal date night?

14. Who was/is your celebrity crush?

15. What's a good way to cheer you up if you're having a bad day?

16. Do you have any tattoos?

17. Can you describe yourself in three words?

18. What makes you the most nervous in life?

19. What's the best gift you have ever received?

20. What do you do to relax/have fun?

21. What are your priorities at this phase of your life?

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Doing the friendly wave to every boat you pass.

The cooler is always packed, mostly with beer.

Giving the idiot who goes 30 in a "No Wake Zone" a piece of your mind.

You have no problem with peeing in the water.

You know the frustration of getting your anchor stuck.

Watching in awe at the bigger, better boats that pass by.

Knowing any swimsuit that you own with white in it is best left for the pool or the ocean.

The momentary fear for your life as you get launched from the tube.

You're able to go to the restaurants by the water wearing minimal clothing.

Having unexpected problems with your boat.

Having a name for your boat unique to you and your life.

There's no better place you'd rather be in the summer.

Why I Chose a Small School Over a Big University.

1. My school is incredibly unique.

2. I am not just a number at my school.

3. I feel like I am contributing something to the community.

5. My professors know me and I feel that I can easily communicate with them.

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