Just Colored
1619 life will never change
I sit there as i watch her wash her picked cotton clothes by hand
Eyes filled with the lashes of pain from a sun that doesn’t shine bright enough
To extend the path of its ray
toward her salvation
Just Colored
1954 The world was split into two
As if we were oil and water
Their eyes do a slow burn to what we are ashamed of
COLOR
Something that we can't change about ourselves
Something that made us hurt
Something that wasn’t beautiful
To them
Minds so little that we thought the same about ourselves
Just Colored
Us as colored people were lost
Went against each other
Believing that the one in front of the gun lives forever
2012
All sweet things must come to end
To take a life for having a fruit juice and some skittles
Where the color of your dark skin is not wanted
Because we're just color
2017
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Run lil nigga run dip, doge, caught
By the blue man, fear in his eyes as he puts his hands up
And fall’s to his knees
Knowing that he’s never coming out
Knowing that he will be behind bars for the rest of his life
Knowing that he’s
...JUST COLORED
I really like this poem...it's sad how people of color are targeted because they have melanin on their skin.
ReplyDeleteI love your poem! i love how it's about racism in America, and how it goes chronologically. Good jobs girl!!!
ReplyDeleteThat was so good! i loved all the literary devices and the descriptive words that you used! Nice presentation!
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of respect for this poem. I liked how you talked about how society has treated black people through years. It is a very well wrote poem.
ReplyDeleteokay leelee!!!. i liked how you wanted to talk about your culture and identity in a different way than others, you really went out of the box and i give you creds for that. it made me think of like all the police brutality chicago as to go through, overall you did amazing
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Deletei liked how you kept on saying just colored to remind us about
ReplyDeletet what your poem was about and that everything meant something about what the point was
Your poem was very good. I like how it related a lot towards your identity. Your confidence was really good.
ReplyDeleteI like the part where you infused the blue man, and how it connects to police brutality. The way the poem shows that overtime things don't change. Especially the words you used, the way you used them, and how the fit into the poem. I know you kind off struggled with this poem, so its amazing to see how beautiful it turned out to be.
ReplyDeleteAwesome work!!!
I enjoyed how you added in different years to help compare the evolution of how things changed and how people are now. I also like how presented the years coming from your point of view.
ReplyDeleteYou go girl!!!! That's my bestfriend that's my bestfriend.... that is besides the point but that is amazing. Your identity is represented by the title and it is shown through out the entire poem. The topic you focused your poem on is outstanding a topic that most people hate to initiate because it's rough. You pulled it right out the bag and blew every ones mind good job
ReplyDeleteI liked how you talked about the life black people, which has an affect toward you since you are black. I also liked the repetition of the word "Just Colored" which made your poem better because the word was standing out.
ReplyDeleteBraun - I don't know how this feels since I am white so you writing this poem is a mystery and something new to learn.
ReplyDeleteThis is AMAZING!!! I loved how you put the series of events in a timeline. This poem really spoke the truth about how African Americans are labeled and how the color of our skin relies on how we get treated. I loved when you said "Us as colored people were lost, Went against each other, Believing that the one in front of the gun lives forever". This poem overall really speaks out to whats wrong with this society and showing how we really aren't taking enough action to put his to an end. I loved it.
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okayyyyyyyy khaleelah girl i did not expect that you did good!! the words you used were good to explain i liked how you made it about the color of your skin and not like what other people did .
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this poem and it really sad how people of color are treated different and unfairly
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Deletegreat poem, i loved you poem because it had such a powerful message and i liked how you talked about how you feel good job. - julienne
ReplyDeletegreat poem, i loved you poem because it had such a powerful message and i liked how you talked about how you feel good job. - julienne
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