YESSSSSSS.
Crystal Valentine is an incredible performer and poet. I was so moved by her previous poem on “black privilege” and this one is just as inspiring.
Watch the video. Transcript of her poem included below as well.
Learn more about Button Poetry and all their fantastic performers here.
Questions for Fox News Regarding the Race Card
Question:
If in the event I am stopped and frisked
can I pull out my race card?
Will this race card increase the probability
of me leaving that situation alive?
Has it prevented police officers from murdering innocent civilians
in the last 5 years?
How about the last 5 months?
How about ever?
Question:
What exactly is this race card? Does Kylie Jenner have one?
If so, who did she steal it from?
Are they still breathing?
Question:
Will this race card give me health benefits? How about Obama care?
Will it reimburse me for my cousin’s casket?
Will it unbury his body?
Will it remove his name
from a tombstone?
Question:
Did Obama use his race card
to win his presidency?
Or was that just affirmative action?
Follow-up question:
When will this race card revert Obama’s
hair back to its black glory?
Question:
Do your token black friends have to forgo their
race cards before going on air? Or is that just their dignity?
Follow-up question:
If Marshawn Lynch became NFL’s token
black friend or forgone his race card/dignity,
would Russell Wilson have given him the ball?
Question:
What race card did Cecil the lion have? Can I borrow it?
Question:
If in the unfortunate event that I snap
and go Dylann Roof on a historically white country club Aka
Shoot it up in hopes of saving my fellow black sisters from potential white rapists,
will my race card buy me Burger King? How about McDonalds? Will it supersize my Happy Meal?