Denver Center for International Studies Speaks

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Denver Center for International Studies Speaks!

No by Shakaila Why? That’s the question. Stripes on their back as deep as the ocean, it would take years to stitch. Picking cotton but 110 pounds wasn’t enough. Asking for soap in the nicest way but you get hit just because of your skin color. It’s like turning away a hopeless, stray dog. You get sold at an auction like an old worthless antique. You ask for food to provide enough energy in order to work for the day but instead, asking like a puppy begging for a piece of bacon. Why did Abraham only free “some” and not all? It’s like giving a child a cookie, but not the other. How come when they tried to get away, they would just be another white man’s pet? Now God has answered their prayers


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