if the kids knew the truth
imagine if the kids
knew the truth about
the civil war
imagine if the slaves
once freed, were given
the land of the ones
that lost the war
imagine if hatred
wasn't so damn
easy to teach
imagine if everyone
knew of the role of
people of color in
science and medicine
imagine if the textbooks
actually talked about
tulsa and black wall
street
imagine if we dared
to just fucking let
the truth out of its
cage and be free
to run
imagine if white women
didn't immediately think
of a lie when a black man
was around
imagine if white men
respected black women
enough to not think
immediately about what
rap video they saw you in
imagine if the kids actually
grew up in a world where
the innocent only die of
natural causes
--J.J. Campbell
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