Don’t read that book

 

Don’t read that book 

Don’t read that book…

How about  you read Martin Luther King instead ?

You know read that one…

The other one is racist…

Cos it’s heavy….and you don’t wanna 

Turn the page….

Just go and get a book called 

Martin Luther king jr….

You see he talks about his dream 

About a character, not the color of a person’s skin 

Let me get the book you were readin out of the way 

And read about him, the dreamer…..

Let me throw that book to the side 

Or drop it in the trash….

Don’t read that book, ok? 

Don’t read….

That book shouldn’t be published 

That like that shouldn’t be in the library…

Read Martin Luther king jr. Book

I’ll open it for you 

See him at Washington D.C. 

read ok? 

I don’t wanna see you studyin that book again….

Read….

Push that book to the side 

And read aloud 

What does it say?

 

Did he had a dream?

Did he get rid of racism? 

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You pushed my real life 

Black history away from me,

Sayin it’s racism….

I heard you whispered to other person

To get rid of it 

And persuade me to read Martin Luther King….

Yet I brought this book for myself to read….

I don’t wanna study Martin 

I already know him 

You can’t choose a book for me 

Just cos the title of this makes you feel uncomfortable…

You see the word, black….

You got a lot of nerve to snatch the original book 

I was readin out of my hands

Cos you saw the truth upon the page that triggers you 

Well maybe you need to sit with the uneasiness….

For a while….

Maybe you need to look in the mirror and why worry too much 

About skin color, meanin whiteness instead of 

A character….

You see I never worry about somebody’s skin color….

I don’t discriminate anybody 

However there’s a whole system that does and right now it’s 

Crumblin to the ground….

Besides I bet you didn’t listen to Dr. King’s speech 

Where he and the workers who was goin to go to D. C. 

And demand to get our check…

Your white race killed him….

Ya that part was never in the book you gave me…

I don’t wanna read a book 

Talkin about racism is inappropriate 

Cos you got white fragility….

Don’t push my book away….

I’m not readin it out loud 

I’m readin to myself….

You ain’t gaslightin me…

You ain’t manipulatin me

Cos you don’t want me to think critically….

You don’t want me to think black 

You don’t want me to spread the word 

You don’t want me to know the facts..

And you want me to believe there’s no such thing as racism…

And white people and black people get along right?

You want to keep this fairytale in mind…

When really,

It’s still alive today…

Am I goin to fired? 

Am I goin to jail?

For readin about my own past?

My ancestors?

You want history to repeat 

You want me to be ignorant

You want me to be dumb 

For your sake…

Fuck no…

I’m goin to read what I wanna read….

Is it my freedom?

Cos the last time I checked 

Readin wasn’t against the law

Anymore 

I’m not a slave either….

So stop with your so called mlk bull shit

And leave my other book I’m currently readin alone….

💯✊🏿©️ Kai C. 9-22-25

This is another scenario in my head. It never happened to me in real life. However has it happened to someone’s else? When a person saw you reading a real black history book and it gives them no good vibe, they choose a book that has civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  I think that person is telling you this book makes me feel uncomfortable, please don’t read it around me.  You’re thinking 

Why are you in my business? You can turn the other way or walk Away.  In that situation, it’s the power..

It’s always that power… especially when it comes to hard discussions of racism.