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Sankofa and Romeo & Juliet

Most of us have heard of Romeo and Juliet, and if you haven’t, I’m sure you have heard the scenario before. Boy meets girl. (Well boy actually crashes a party he wasn’t invited to) They fall in love. They find out their parents are rivals. They secretly get married hoping love will conquer all. They both... commit suicide because it felt like the world was against them. Though the ending may seem morbid, the parents of Romeo and Juliet forget their strife and enmity and declare that they will make a statue in their honor, and in remembrance. 

Romeo and Juliet committed an awful deed. It is always a painful and devastating event when a human being takes their own life. Romeo and Juliet’s parents were so devastated, so destroyed, they decided to make a statue so everyone would remember Romeo and Juliet’s love, and by seeing their love distilled forget the past hatred and cherish life. 

#DYMinis learn about #poet #counteecullen and his #poem #heyblackchild  | Students drew inspiration from poetry to answer questions of identity and their self then presented their words to the class.