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oem exercise is a reflection created by two sts, George Ella Lyon and Julia Landsman, in rhetoric of xenophobia and the illusion of e US, using poetry as a medium.

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ANDRIANNA D. SHERIFF ANDRIANNA D. SHERIFF CONSULTANT

I am from a mother and father who exude Black love and excellence.

I am from South Collinwood where childhood friendships became sisterhoods.

I am from curiosity, confidence, courage, and culture.

Ariel Brent Ariel Brent Executive Assistant

I am from the Heights, but my family is from Ten-Five

I am from the burbs, but my family is from the hood

Pushed from the hood, to the burbs for better opportunity

But by design, losing the neighbor from the hood, We seek to be subdivided and integrated Now the perspective is shifted, and the hood is framed. But I am from the hood, and my neighbor is white.

I am from the Ten-five, and surviving in the heights, seeking my hood, in my neighbor.