RESISTANCE
Do White Mothers Cry? and Silence are heart wrenching poems. Focused on the historical oppression, subjugation, murders and injustices perpetrated on African Americans. My words are unapologetic in their telling. I want my readers to witness institutionalized systemic oppression, the resulting death and anguish. For some being an African American mother is both joyous and terrifying. My question remains, Do White Mothers Cry? Pages 43-46
Do White Mothers Cry (excerpt)
Do white mothers cry?
Do white mothers rejoice and panic at the birth of sons?
Do white mothers fear sons' deaths?
Do white mothers pray with and for sons and male loved ones
before sending them out into the world?
Do white mothers give instructions to sons for navigating a society which
hates and fears them?
Silence (excerpt)
Do not rest comfortably.
Silence grants entitlement and privilege for some and injustices for others.
Silence is complacency. Going along to get along with family, friends
and colleagues.