Today’s words: Amend, Elite, Use, Define
Word count: 194
Completion time: 27 minutes
Summary: Representation from a young age matters.
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She knows how to talk
But not how to use her voice
She knows how to walk
But not how to prevent others
From walking over her
She knows how to add, subtract, divide
But the collision caused by the division
Of black versus white is something
No child can fight...alone
Children will copy what they see
Like to be whatever stars are on TV
But it’s the elite who choose who to use
On the big screen in Vue.
...Take 2
I’ll amend what I said
and begin with this instead:
When that child came home one night
She said, “Mummy, I want to be white.”
“Child, why?”
“White people are beautiful.”
Who put this in her head?
Who sat down with her on their lap
And told her she wasn’t all that?
No-one needed to.
It doesn’t need to be explicit
For someone to exhibit self-loathing
If beauty is all around and it’s wearing white
The other colours don’t shine as bright
The dictionary can define ‘beauty’ and it won’t
have a race
But nearly every beautiful face we see looks the
same to me
And barely any will look like me
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