*Why is it that, after hearing this soul-stirring poem about what Black Privilege truly looks like, the first thing that comes to mind is: Rachel Dolezal, you sure you want some of this?
As the nation still reels over the bust of the Spokane NAACP president who has allegedly been “passing for Black,” this young poet, Crystal Valentine recited her original piece as part of the 2015 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in April.
In the poem, she said Black privilege is a myth…a joke…a punchline. And talks about the time when a teacher asked a little boy what he wanted to be when he grew up.
And he responded: “Alive.”
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