to all the poems i never wrote.

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Hashtag: “Whitetopia”

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I read Black things. I write Black things. I say Black things, when the opportunity permits and presents itself. So, how do I feel less…

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Joél Leon
Aug 31, 2017
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I read Black things. I write Black things. I say Black things, when the opportunity permits and presents itself. So, how do I feel less Black the older I get? How disconnected am I from my Blackness, from the things considered Black? There is a mainstream Blackness that pervades the inner linings of media and television, the likes that the BETs, Essence…

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