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Not Free
Statue of Liberty stands in New York harbor,
facing east and
calling out ....

Mwatabu S Okantah
Jul 151 min read


Fear of the Other
"Sometimes it seems like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed...."

Mwatabu S Okantah
Jun 161 min read


new white lies old
we have seen this picture
before...

Mwatabu S Okantah
Feb 11 min read


Still driving while black
Driving deep in Red-wave Ohio country With post-election Trump Vance signs Still on front lawns and in living room windows In smug...

Mwatabu S Okantah
Nov 18, 20241 min read


A blue-black on black crime
people don’t have to ask why we fear the police any more. five brazen blue-black brothers beat down another black mother's sun beyond...

Mwatabu S Okantah
Jan 28, 20231 min read


pandemic
sitting in my car outside grocery store pondering being a tall dread locked black man wearing bandana covering my face pondering being...

Mwatabu S Okantah
Dec 18, 20221 min read


first time i met poetry
first time I met poetry it frightened me into believing lyrical word sounds possess power. discovered it was born in me, could feel it...

Mwatabu S Okantah
Nov 29, 20221 min read


I, Too, Am A Witness
no, we are not their “Negro” or their “Nigger” or their “Black” or their “Minority” or their “Person of Color” or whatever they think to...

Mwatabu S Okantah
Jan 6, 20221 min read


Babylon America
Trumpian politrickster murders opponent in cartoon reality and with smug go sour Gosar straight face claims no violent intent him was...

Mwatabu S Okantah
Nov 20, 20211 min read


hard truths
i know he meant well. he is a good neighbor. he cares and keeps a watchful eye. we live in a racially diverse neighborhood. we exist in...

Mwatabu S Okantah
Apr 15, 20211 min read


MAGA Whiteness
"... Dem dogs make dem laws and dem dogs break dem laws." --The Ancestors white privilege is “Vanilla ISIS” reigning down MAGA whiteness...

Mwatabu S Okantah
Jan 10, 20211 min read


what promise?
King said he'd been to the mountain top....But what promise? What land?

Mwatabu S Okantah
Sep 26, 20201 min read


At Cracker Barrel
"... being segregated ... is their preferred norm."

Mwatabu S Okantah
Jun 19, 20201 min read


Nostalgia
"lost in lost causes"

Mwatabu S Okantah
Jun 19, 20201 min read


Colorblind?
"watching them watching me"

Mwatabu S Okantah
Jun 19, 20201 min read


No
tv commercial declared,
"We all have an immigrant story...."
no.

Mwatabu S Okantah
Dec 1, 20191 min read


Afreeka
I cry for my Africa

Mwatabu S Okantah
Nov 24, 20191 min read


"Demo-Crazy"
"the mindless flock and
the fake negroes
just keep
drinking Trump Kool-Aid ..."

Mwatabu S Okantah
Oct 9, 20191 min read


the real illegals
"the true American story ..."

Mwatabu S Okantah
Sep 30, 20191 min read


1619 to 2019
In 1619, "20 odd Negroes" were traded at the Jamestown settlement for supplies. They were in the Americas against their will.

Mwatabu S Okantah
Aug 23, 20191 min read
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