2018 Black History Month Edition
Readers, Please enjoy the Black History Edition of our Envision Equity newsletter. This edition celebrates and recognizes black woman that have shaped and molded our world into a better place. As a reader, you will have access to photos from events that embody the purpose of this newsletter. We hope you enjoy, share, and contribute to the newsletter. Lastly, remember to Envision Equity.
Readers,
Please enjoy the Black History Edition of our Envision Equity newsletter. This edition celebrates and recognizes black woman that have shaped and molded our world into a better place.
As a reader, you will have access to photos from events that embody the purpose of this newsletter.
We hope you enjoy, share, and contribute to the newsletter. Lastly, remember to Envision Equity.
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ENVISION EQUITY FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong><br />
<strong>Black</strong> Woman In America<br />
A Poem by Salem Gaines—Central High School Student<br />
What is it like to be a black woman living?<br />
To be in America<br />
To know and tell how you’re feeling<br />
But when you are heard<br />
Always the color of your skin seems to be taken into account<br />
Not complaining<br />
Just want to be heard out<br />
Often conforming to a rubric long ago created<br />
Often joining into old thought processes<br />
Cause so many others participated<br />
Pushing aside the fact that you are an individual<br />
Forgetting major differences are not only ethnic and visual<br />
Sometimes mistaking race for ethnicity<br />
Refusing to connect the present to history<br />
Making generalizations and expecting like behavior to come naturally<br />
Testing racial theories to test its reality<br />
Wondering what is easy and what is actually hard<br />
Is the game of life a game of chess or Cards?<br />
Are you pinning the plot of your circumstance to the way you look<br />
Do you consider your journey your personal journal or a hardback book?<br />
What is a challenge?<br />
Learning what makes you black and what does not<br />
Being content with the hair and expectations you’ve got<br />
What is to love and what is to hate<br />
My answer is the same for both its all debate
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