Deny color

 Deny color 

Deny color?

You can’t, 

Black people

They see color

You know 

I know 

We wanna be colorblind 

We wanna see we’re all 

Human….

But, I hate to admit 

That 

Integration is hurtin 

Us deeply….

What hurts most deeply?

My people don’t really believe 

Racism is nonexistent….

Yet in their souls 

They do….. 

they act like 

It’s not there….

You do see it,

Black people 

Has been gaslight up 

Way too much 

Not to put a good eye on 

That issue, not only 

They’re lyin to themselves….

Black people 

Deny color 

When we talk about race, 

They have crushed feelings

Cos they know exactly what’s goin on

They don’t wanna stand up to 

White supremacy 

Especially when they have white friends

It’s so difficult 

They don’t wanna break friendships with 

Them…

It’d be that one buddy or two 

Who wants to see black people swingin

On the tree…

They wants to call you boy

Or say the n slur…..

And you could still deny color….

It’s insane…..

You can’t 

Deny color….

It’s why we’re speakin 

Up….

Actually 

We need to be 

An eye for an eye 

Instead of givin 

Racists grace….

Somehow

We’re trained to 

Give them compassion….

It’s part of conditionin….

It’s a trauma response…..

We go makin speeches 

About this isn’t about race

Even on interview

We be sayin 

It doesn’t have to do with race

And it’s a lie….

A foolish lie

Other times 

We’re told not to discuss 

Racism, right?

Like it’s inappropriate 

It’s in our face….

You 

Can’t 

Deny 

Sorry black people

I think part of it was 

Black parents taught 

Their kids not to see color 

And they live in all white neighborhoods 

And go to white schools 

Knowin there is a risk for danger..

Even if it’s not…

I hate to break it 

To you 

But you can’t trust 

White folks 

Cos of history 

Cos of hate crimes 

Cos of how they look at you 

And see melanin…

So you can’t deny 

Color 

You can never color 

Even some white people 

Say you can’t deny 

Color 

They know their own race 

They will tell you don’t be

The only black person  in all white spaces 

Some still carry racial terror with them…

They said the same thing we said 

And 

You still can’t 

Deny color 

You can’t admit 

The harshest world sees color…

Society sees black….

You can’t deny it 

✊🏿💯©️ Kai C. 7-19-26

Nonverbal

Nonverbal 

Black people with disabilities 

Who are nonverbal 

Experience racism, 

and they can’t explain 

Some don’t understand 

What’s goin on…

How the parents 

And guardians 

Are goin to find out?

Maybe through bruises 

Maybe through mimics 

That’s somethin important to 

Discuss about…

Especially in the black community 

Incidents happened 

We just don’t mention it often 

We should…

Black people got targets on 

Their backs…

Special needs or not 

You’re still black 

And you wander off from your staff 

Somebody will kidnap you 

Or a cop who thinks you have a gun

You don’t know what to do

You don’t know what to say….

And you’re nonverbal….

Being black and disabled 

Can be difficult, 

And you may not understand…

You might know what's goin on

You might tell someone 

About the color of your skin 

Is attacked….

Black people 

With special needs 

Deal with white supremacy 

Especially in disabled communities 

I heard stories….

We should be 

Protected, too 

Even when we’re aware of 

Our surroundings…

I’m not an activist 

I can advocate for 

Black people who 

Are nonverbal 

Experiencin

Racism white supremacy 

May not understand or do 

It also needs to be addressed 

Guardians and parents 

Loved ones 

They don’t know 

What’s really goin on when they’re 

Not around them…

There are times 

When those situations have popped up

Later on after that 

Or other times incidents are kept in 

Secret..

That’s the scary part….

And black people who are 

Nonverbal 

Can’t actually say what happened…

Adults children 

Family members 

Used cameras to 

Find out what goes on….

And this is important 

To speak up about racism 

For real 

Cos things can also happened 

To black people who are nonverbal 

Can’t explain the situation of microaggressions 

Of beatin like a slave, of callin the n word 

Sadly 

Family and Friends 

Have no idea….

Til later on 

They have to find ways to 

Figure what’s happenin 

To their loved ones….

✊🏿💯©️ Kai C. 7-19-26

Well

 Well 

This Well 

Isn’t made for 

Wishin….this well 

Is for amnesia…

But water has memory of

Trauma that carries 

From the sips of 

Black bodies…

Slaved Black bodies…

They were forced to drink 

Have forgetfulness on their bones…

Massas said never remember…

Stay docile….

Cos this well wasn't 

Made for coins…

It was made my people 

To forget, 

It was intentional…

And you see it's all part of 

An abuse…

That water 

Does it really make you 

Not to remember 

Yourselves anyways?

With all that smackin

Slappin

Rapin…

All that pain

All that heartbreak 

Slaveowners made our

Ancestors to drink from 

That well, From that well

In Nigeria before the ship 

Dock….

I heard it's spiritual 

Yet the water remembers 

Those sad eyes of 

Long souls who were captured 

From their homes.. 

Water reminisces their blood

From the filthy hands of colonizers 

Maybe the water remembers 

Beautiful identities of 

Beautiful melaninated race… 

The wetness can give it back 

The well still holds their origin…

Who knows?

Slavemasters said good boy

Good gal

For drinkin water 

Thank you for fulfillin the thirst with 

Memory loss.. 

Now we can control y'all niggers…

😢✊🏾💯💔😔©️ Kai C. 7-18-26 

Proximity whiteness

 Proximity whiteness 

Black people 

Will go ten toes 

Just to be close to Europeans 

That’s what we’re trained to do…

We think we need them

We think we need their validation 

Which is unfortunate….

We tried to reason with them 

We tried teach them a lesson 

About colorblind society 

Cos we don’t see any color 

But they, white folks see it…..

We have tried to explain 

To our people that they can’t be 

Trusted, we tried to explain 

To our loved ones and 

Friends about racism does 

Exist….majority of them ignored 

Our warnings….some talk about 

Martin Luther King Jr. and how we 

As black judge others by skin color…

It’s not how it works….

Oppression is in our faces…..

It never goes away 

Until we black people shut it down….

But we don’t have the same mind 

Of whoopin colonizer’s ass…..

We’ve been stuck in the syndromes 

Of lovin thy white man for so long….

We’ve been willin to defend him….

That’s our problem…..

Brothas and sistahs 

Want to sit at his table 

Instead of makin their own…

Honestly integration has fucked us up

Has fucked us over….

Not all white friends are your friends, 

Hate to say this 

Proximity whiteness 

Leads melaninated souls to danger…..

Go look at the past, 

It’s always another broken record….

Some of us 

Gave up tellin black people

They’re not white, 

Can’t be the only black person 

In white spaces….

Yet they still argue sayin

There’s no such thing as race….

Black parents we love them 

However they still need to have 

That talk with their kids 

About white supremacy…tell them 

The truth….

If they don’t, 

The coldest world will….

Cos 

Promixity whiteness 

Isn’t all that hype…..

Actually it stinks….

Black folks need to love 

Themselves 

Love their blackness 

Instead….

System has programmed us 

To hate black….

Ever since slavery and colonialism 

They got us fallin in love

With only pale skinned 

Light skin….

Low self esteem….

Your mind is all white 

Your heart is white…

You bleach your whole character 

Into a white person….

Though white folks 

Still see black….

Can’t be a token forever….

💯✊🏿©️Kai C. 7-18-26