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Nothing Else!!!!!

Arthur C. Ford, Sr.
(For My Ancestors)

Just because I eat plenty of chitlins and cornbread
Doesn't make me Black,
For true nourishment comes from digesting truth, justice and equality!


Just because I'm a great athlete
Doesn't make me Black,
For while your blood is pumped by cupidity, mines is pumped by tenacity!


Just because I style my hair this way
Doesn't make me Black,
For The Bible says 'The Messiah' will have hair like lamb's wool,
Now think about that!


Just because my skin is ebony
Doesn't make me Black,
For blindness is what you need!


Just because you call me a nigger
Doesn't make me Black,
For evil words are manifested in your brain and 'thick or thin' lips
Can pronounce them!


Just because I live in the most poverty-stricken areas of the world
Doesn't make me Black,
For government 'by the rich people' and 'for the rich people' has long
endured!


Just because my 'IQ' has been measured 'by your system' to be
Below yours
Doesn't make me Black,
For the ignorant are the educated ones that ignore injustices!


Just because I speak your English improperly
doesn't make me Black,
For correctness of speech is second to 'speaking the truth,' no matter
what language is employed!


BUT!!!! WHEN YOU SAVAGELY INVADED MY ANCESTORS
TRIBAL HOMES, BEAT THEM PROFUSELY, PUGNACIOUSLY
HANDLED THE WOMEN-THEN RAPED THEM IN THE PRESENCE
OF THEIR HUSBANDS, DISRESPECTED THEIR CRYING INNOCENT
CHILDREN-BOUNDED, GAGED, SHACLED THEM, SLAMMED AND
PILED THEM INTO SPLINTERED-RIDDEN SHIPS,
DISALLOWED THEM TO CONVERSE WITH EACH OTHER-
BROUGHT THEM TO A STRANGE LAND,
SOLD AND BARTERED THEM OFF TO OTHERS OF YOUR APATHY,
FORCED YOUR LANGUAGE DOWN THEIR THROATS,
LABELED THEM WITH YOUR EUROPEAN NAMES-
FED THEM WHAT THE PIGS REFUSED TO EAT,
DEENIED THEM EDUCATION, PRAYER, THE RIGHT TO VOTE,
HUMAN RIGHTS, THEM ASSASSINATED THEIR LEADERS-
These hideous infamies are what made and makes me Black,
NOTHING ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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