Silence

Nicholas Yepes ’24

That’s what we were taught Speak when spoken to Do what you are told. But in a generation flled With racism and discrimination, A generation where the language I speak and the way God made me look Can determine where I work, What I’m allowed to do, How far I’m allowed to dream, How much I’m allowed to succeed. We can’t hear this or touch this truth, Yet it holds so much power. It costs us the way we live, It costs us our lives—

Silence

Chengyi Shen ’23