A black author

 A black author 

Wrote black history books 

And black readers read them 

And suddenly their feelings are 

Hurt….cos a black author spoke the 

Truth…a black author travels 

Doin a lot of research 

Diggin every bone of our ancestors 

From the soil..

Still the black readers are ungrateful 

Cos they’re not familiar with 

Brilliant gems…

They used to readin white explorers

And how the white man is the hero…

So they quit readin black history books…

They’re scared of critical thinkin…

Put those books back in the shelves 

Cos their hearts can’t take facts…

They don’t like seein the words 

That says Jesus is not real…

Has this happened before?

To a black author 

Who published many books 

Of our own historical events?

Although we get triggered 

When slavery mentioned 

Sometimes we put it away 

Or skip pages…can you blame us?

However 

Black readers

If y’all don’t know your black history 

And miseducated and 

Your old teachers indoctrinated your 

Beautiful minds…

Please educate yourselves 

Don’t be an illiterate 

When it comes to our past…

Yet it’s been doomed to repeat…

Even if these real life memoirs 

Somebody experiences 

Broke your souls, 

It can help strengthen 

Your thoughts 

Your empathy 

Your understandin

It will help you learn to 

Love your blackness….

A black author 

Isn’t tryin to be cruel 

With the black readers 

She or he is savin  

More room for them to a 

Voice too…

More room to breathe in 

Their black space…

Our people need to 

Read…

Especially black history books 

And racism 

Why does it exist?

I get it 

A black reader 

Lives in a colorblind society 

And we get along with everyone 

Then you chose a book 

About black people

You get upset 

You don’t like what he or she wrote 

It made you mad…

I didn’t have that experience…

A black author has opened my eyes 

Real wide

Ever since then

I was hotepin 

Black history books 

Are not for everybody 

But sometimes 

You need to educate 

Yourself 

Especially when you’re a black person…

Schools will not teach the truth…

So go ahead 

Find a good black author 

Who makes you feel uncomfortable 

Who makes truths alive on paper…

Cos when a black author loves 

His or her people,

He or she will encourage them 

To use their brains

And hearts to unlock the chains 

For liberation…

To let go of white man ghost…

💯✊🏿©️Kai C. 11-9-26