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An eighth-grade boy from Atlanta, Georgia performs his slam poetry about his own white privilege.
He expresses with brutal honesty, including:
I was born with a success story already written . . .
you were born with a pen and no paper . . .
But Royce doesn’t stop at race.
He incorporates into his message chromosomes and gender preferences, pay and socio-economic inequity, equal pay and opportunities for women, and more.
He encourages an awakening . . .
Watch and listen. Twice or more.
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***UPDATE***
Royce Mann’s video (above) has been viewed more than one million times. We offer you a follow-up post here on GMP.
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Photo and video credit: YouTube/Sheri Mann Stewart
Moral of the story is white males will never win a poetry contest unless they’re willing to trash themselves.
John, do you believe this boy is trashing himself as he acknowledges his own privilege?