Walls

Black & brown people face walls everyday. Our history, our present and our progress have all been met with walls.

Walls held up by colorism and self-hate, ignorance and oppression.

Walls that stall us as soon as a glimmer of hope arises.

Walls that tell us we’re not good enough.

Walls that suffocate our beauty.

Walls that minimize our abilities.

Walls that show us they love our culture but not our people. ⠀
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But still we rise above it. Because the thing about walls are, they are constantly broken down and climbed over.⠀