You said slavery wasn’t that bad

 You said slavery wasn’t that bad..

You said slavery wasn’t that bad..

Excuse me? 

Slavery wasn’t that bad?

Huh?

Have you lost your mind?

So gettin rape by your massa

Gettin slapped by your massa’s wife….

Force you to cut all your Afro and 

And put it in their furniture…

Make you believe Jesus is white 

And go to heaven…

Call you nigger a lot 

But slavery wasn’t bad, right?

Slaveowners were kind to their slaves, correct?

Treated them as animals? 

Treated them as children?

I would like to say 

Respectfully 

Shut the fuck up!

Please!

Cos 

Nobody is tryin to hear that shit

Nobody wants to hear it’s so long ago…

You may never know 

Slavery is still around 

You may never know

That great great great great 

Grandparents 

Are still alive today 

Will tell stories about trauma and 

Pickin cotton….

You can’t be that serious….

You said slavery wasn’t that bad….

Chains on ankles 

Lockdown upon black minds

And America never wants to teach the truth in 

Class…it will bring guilt to white students….

How about let them think for themselves 

Before coddlin whiteness…..

Slavery is bad 

Slavery is all terrible….

Slavery is an abuse

Why do you think it’s affectin

The brain of black communities?

Why did the pain has to passed down 

For generations?

Atlantic slave trade is one of the 

White man’s major blueprints…

It continues as systematic oppression 

As white supremacy…

White folks still think they’re slavemasters 

To black folks 

Even though we don’t live on their plantations 

Anymore….

They made laws on how not to black….

They made laws on how not to fight back…

Slave patrols turned to cops academy 

Hospitals keep those racial ideals alive….

Still got white woman tears….

And unfortunately 

We have black people carryin that self hate 

Who will always ask for their validation…

They will always forgive white folks who disrespect them 

And to me, 

Slavery hasn’t gone away 

It’s upgraded 

Updated

Evolved 

And you can’t say 

Slavery wasn’t that bad…..

Humans enslaved other humans 

Again 

Respectfully 

Shut the fuck up

You got a lot of nerve to say this odd sentence….

Like for real….

I’m hearin indoctrination 

I’m hearin whitewash 

I’m hearin ignorance 

It’s all rollin out of your tongue….

You even said 

Black people need to stop being a victim….

Well can you tell white supremacy 

Stop genocide us? 

No? 

Ok then…

How about google? 

How about go find some specific books 

On American history?

On black history?

Can the library be your favorite place?

Libby be your favorite readin app?

Intentionally 

You have forgotten 

That black people are humans…

You have forgotten they can feel 

Yet still 

This white man 

Any white man who has white superiority 

To his core 

Who believe that 

Black people ain’t nothin

He still think 

We’re monkeys runnin around 

With low IQ

When really,

We’re way more wiser than him 

And he knows it…

The whole system is about 

Envy and the fear of annihilation….

Don’t repeat his fork tongue 

He said slavery wasn’t that bad 

Why do you agree?

Is it cos he’s supreme in your eyes?

Or 

Did the textbook tell you so?

Education system is lyin

Go educate yourself…

✊🏿💯©️Kai C. 5-22-26

I’m talkin about black people right now

 I’m talkin about black people right now….

I’m talkin about black people right now…

My folks, my nation, my race 

Not you white people…

Why do y’all have to center yourselves 

All the time?

why?

Every time we discuss racism 

And black race, 

Y’all go shh 

Like we ain’t allowed to speak 

Of how we feel…

What the fuck is wrong with y’all?

Seriously, 

What the fuck is wrong with y’all?

I can’t stand up for my people? 

I can’t defend my blackness?

Oh y’all are uncomfortable….

Oh it’s not like me

I should be quiet 

I should keep it to myself 

I should say I’m not racist But 

I have to say somethin true…

I should say I love all people 

For y’all to feel safe….

Like I’m not a dangerous black person…..

Yet I’m talkin about black people 

I’m talkin to them 

Don’t interrupt me 

Don’t intimidate me….

I don’t give a damn 

If y’all try guilt trip 

If y’all use a black friend to say

We bleed red 

And to make me feel bad 

About how I feel….

Y’all convince black people 

Not to make white people feel bad 

About the system….

Y’all build this dirty shit….

Don’t give me a mlk quote 

I have a dream 

Y’all don’t do what he says..

I think it’s funny 

Y’all worry about melanin a lot 

Cos y’all want it….

Not our character….

Envy turns to hatred 

All the time 

So y’all get violent 

On us

Y’all call us niggers

Y’all trigger when we beat your asses…

And some of y’all read my poems 

About black people like I hurt your feelings….

What about facts?

What about the mirror of your reflections 

Your actions that yall deny?

Y’all never acknowledge 

Slavery 

Colonization 

Jim Crow 

How the past becomes present 

Like remix….

I’m talkin about black people right now…

In poems

I’m tellin us that we’re still humans 

And we’re the blueprint 

That other races have tried to plagiarize….

They may steal our culture 

Yet it doesn’t fit them well….

They credited themselves 

Though never match our magic….

I’m talkin about black people right now…

What about other people?

I thought being called racist could crush my soul 

Somehow I think about it more 

Cos I’m stickin to my own people..

What’s wrong with stickin to my own race?

I belong there….

Is it cos of you’re thinkin about black unity 

As a monster? 

A nightmare perhaps?

We have this weird mindset that 

We can’t be too black..

Can’t be too powerful and proud 

To be black 

Around y’all..

It’s absolutely insane to think this way…

It’s a continuous condition…

Loved ones and friends 

Told us not to talk about black power 

And racism 

And politics 

And religion 

Cos we have white friends 

And we have white people helpin us 

We’re surroundin by white folks

I’ve been told that…

If I were forced to stop 

Talkin about black people,

My voice would be nowhere to be found…

My consequences would have questions 

Why did you stop speakin up?

Why did you stop speakin the truth?

People might answer 

Might not

Might lie

Honestly 

I don’t want fear to come to my heartbeat…

I want my boldness stand firm

And unbroken…

I want my bravery to turn into 

Strong bricks…

Nobody can blow me away 

Hard enough….

I’m talkin about black people right now…

Positively….

I’m talkin about black people right now 

Cos I’m black 

Cos I feel our pain and joy…

Cos I wanna help us through my metaphors…

I wanna heal us even though oppression 

Keep pushin us to the bottom…

Cos I love us…

Is there any problem?

I’m talkin about black men black women

Black children, black elders

Black lgtqb.

Black and disabled 

Black diasporas

All kinds of black people

Even the ones who hate themselves

Even the ones who dated outside their race 

What’s wrong with talkin about people 

Who looks like me?

Black people are humans 

Not animals 

Not niggers

You have no right to control 

Us…

In fact, 

Y’all are disrespectin your parents

We’re your mothers and fathers 

To all the races in the world…

We should have put y’all back 

In your caves 

As punishment 

For colonization 

For thief

For rape

For whitewash 

For severely persuadin us 

Think whiteness is superior….

There’s no forgiveness in that….

And this is why I’m talkin about black people right now 

Whether you like it or not…

You may stop me 

I keep goin….

Do I give a shit?

I shouldn’t have to…

This is my people

My melaninated people…

Got an issue 

Go ahead and tell somebody 

I’m rude

I’m a racist 

Tell somebody I need to be put in 

My place…

Tell somebody I should stop 

Conversations 

And erase my black poetry immediately 

I keep goin….

Plus there are more people like me 

Who loves talkin about black people….

Why would I stop?

✊🏿💯©️ Kai C. 6-21-26