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‪October 23,2019‬ ‪On becoming a Commoner‬ ‪Here is what I believe: ‬ ‪If there is no racism, ‬ ‪then your motive must be greed. ‬ ‪Racism is the ink that colours ‬ ‪the food, and the water‬ ‪on which you feed.‬ ‪Without it,‬ ‪you will find that the chasm‬ ‪between us is no wider ‬ ‪than the space between the colour and the liquid we bleed.‬ ‪Convincing a person that they are racist is like me trying ‬ ‪to show a photographer ‬ ‪that the colour or their lens‬ ‪is no different from the green piece of paper‬ ‪that shoots from the ATM vending ‬ ‪machines.‬ ‪I am exhausted.‬ ‪Tired of pointing out that ‬ ‪your light, accolades and wealth ‬ ‪is based on the cruel and evil exploits of your ancestor’s seed.‬ ‪Tired of shouting that if you are not black‬ ‪then there is no way‬ ‪you can see pass your blood soaked‬ ‪cotton seed inheritances.‬ ‪I don’t even take photographs‬ ‪anymore.‬ ‪Each click, ‬ ‪frames a set of eyes that flicker‬ ‪like pages of an anthology‬ ‪waiting for anyone to read.‬ ‪If there is no racism,‬ ‪then why are there so many firsts: ‬ ‪college integrator, ball player, mayor, and even one president?‬ ‪When will we stop celebrating the first person of colour?‬ ‪I vote we secede ‬ ‪find our own moola‬ ‪plant our own food, and click our own shutter, - reread!!!‬ ‪Because, ‬ ‪it’s not that you don’t ‬ ‪know you are being racist,‬ ‪It is that you like us at the bottom.‬ ‪I feel like you think ‬ ‪giving it back ‬ ‪might make you feel - ‬ ‪common.‬ #ruddypoem #whenlivingisaprotest #oggl #leicasl #leicanoctilux @leicacamerausa https://www.instagram.com/p/B3-THDJlJug/?igshid=1n71cgho6zf5y

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This #tractortrailer was distributing a #rainbow 🌈 #somewhereinindiana , they need more. #Hipstafiend #Hipstamatic #oggl #monti #Neweramuseum (at Hammond, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0OwUdjHP72/?igshid=1kf2a2yjf1zfu

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