black culture. (visuals + written piece)

black culture.⁣
our strength is embedded in our culture.⁣
our brilliance, braided into our kinky hair.⁣
our resilience, tattooed on our skin-⁣
our very blackness, a symbol of our survival.⁣
we continue to be commodified. ⁣
our culture, stripped from us and colonized.⁣
yet when the world calls war on us-⁣
out of sight, out of mind, blind eyes. ⁣
silence.⁣
more silence.⁣
more silence.⁣
more silence.
YOUR SILENCE SIDES YOU WITH THE OPPRESSOR.⁣
we are tired.⁣
we are angry.⁣
the fire that burns in us has burned for centuries.⁣
and it will not be put out.⁣
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NO JUSTICE.⁣
NO PEACE.⁣
#BLACKLIVESMATTER⁣
#SAYHERNAME⁣
#BREONNATAYLOR⁣
#REGISKORCHINSKIPAQUET⁣
#SAYHISNAME⁣
#JUSTICEFORFLOYD⁣
#AHMAUDARBERY⁣
#BLACKTRANSLIVESMATTER⁣
#TONYMCDADE⁣
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AND COUNTLESS OTHERS. WAKE UP.