WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATING CHILDREN OF COLOR……
It sound UNJUST when I say COLORED ONLY
It sound UNFAIR when I say COLORED ONLY
It sound DIVISIVE when I say COLORED ONLY
It sound discriminatory when I say COLORED ONLY
It sound WRONG when I say
COLORED ONLY It sound MEAN SPIRITED when I say COLORED ONLY
It sound UNPROFESSIONAL when I say COLORED ONLY
It sound NEGATIVE when I say COLORED ONLY
It sound that way because COLOREDS of today knew NOT of a time where COLOREDS of yesterday were:
UNIFIED
PRODUCED GREATNESS
TAUGHT EACH OTHER HOW TO BECOME GREAT
INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY’S POTENTIAL
INTENTIONAL
MAINTAINED A NO EXCUSE POSITION
DIDN’T MAKE EXCUSES BECAUSE OF POVERTY
UNDERSTOOD THE MULTIFACETED GREATNESS OF OUR YOUTH
PLANTED IN PURIFIED SOIL
PLUCKED UP UPROOTED FROM CONTAMINATED SOIL
HELD HIGH STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS
MAINTAINED OUR VILLAGE WHERE WE ALL HAD A HAND IN EACH OTHER’S ELEVATION AND WHERE WE ALL PROTECTED, SUPPORTED AND WATCHED AFTER OUR OWN
THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT PRODUCED AND CONVINCED US THAT WE MUST HURT OUR OWN AND ALLOW OTHERS TO SAVE AND SHOW US, FOH
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