lifeinpoetry:

I do not stand in the doorway and kiss my wife like I will never see
              her again
I do not say noose when I mean bullet
I do not say bullet when I am asked what keeps me awake at night
I do not keep track of the names
I do not keep track of my own body
I do not look at graves
I do not look at televisions
I do not look in the eyes of the interviewer
when he asks how there can be so much violence in my poems
I do not look honest enough to survive

I have maybe left my home
for the last time

— Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, ‘Do Not Call this “War”’, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much

ghettablasta:

Will Smith talks about race with Stephen Colbert. Yeah, finally, in 2016 we’ve got chance to speak up, film and revolt the injustice towards Black population but… Will the gov’t agree to accept the problem like Will Smith did with his family or will it be easier to ignore the race problems like 40 or 140 years ago?