Comely..
Does history cuddle me?
No. It shamed me to build you up. I am not a victim. Since when? ‘Nitz’….
Did your curl become a bush, of a thistle?
Since when did you need definition?
Since when did your beautiful soft mass become a scorn?
Broken, cut, hidden enough to become a cushion of scorn to sit on?
So broken instead of a beautiful mass, of a mess, that rested on the pillow to run down your back in coils, an Afro and crown.
It was… a laughingstock cut, 🤭to make a pillow cushion…because history judged you..
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Reference: #HolyBible #CrownAct #Jasmine Payne. Patterson Report July 26, 2023. Economic Policy Institute. The Crown Act: ‘A Jewel for combating racial discrimination in the workplace and classroom.’ https://www.epi.org/publication/crown-act/
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