The Phoenix, 2018

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BLACKNESS KYLE BROWN

Why is my blackness the way I speak? How do I disrespect “the culture” because I sound educated? Why is sounding educated equivalent to sounding white? Who would make such a rule? A diminishing rule, why would you follow it? To ensure I am heard I enunciate not to sound like “one of them.” I may not be black enough. The security guards and the police, they think with their eyes. and guess what they see?

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