Allegiance
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Allegiance

What if we replaced every flagpole with a tree?
Flags were designed as a symbol of affiliation –
Allegiance.
I have never pledged allegiance to the United States of America,
Because that is not where my loyalties lie.
I am a child of Mother Earth.

My Privilege

My Privilege

My white skin has historically made me “good,”
And yet the people of my color were the ones who held the whips,
The ones who beat black boys senseless
Just for trying to acquire the human right to freedom.