SCARLETT A
Contributing Author
Listen to them
You are just pretty for a black girl
You need to listen to that white girl
who told you to straighten your hair
Fall into the stereotype pit
that gobbles all of us up
Engulf yourself in this misogynistic
world
Don’t ever ever overcome that sexist
representation
Don’t you dare try to be something
in this white-washed world
Don’t overcome oppression
RASA
Contributing Author
Don’t be me
You don’t want to be me
I lie, in speech
My morals, I put aside
But I take it in stride, because I can
I dwell in dark places
Among familiar faces
You can be better than me But you won’t.