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Wearing the mask of the mighty lion,

This cowardly hyena has taken over the dense Jungle

The pungent smell reaches the heart,

As the corpses pile up and their sickly flesh rot

Plants wilt and the streams become blood

The Jungle is a place of law no more

Corruption seeps into the ground

As the hyena’s paws tread on the grass

The hyena puts on a smile for the audience

To hide the corpses

To hide the tragedy

To hide behind the deeds of another

Ah, but fear not my people, my citizens

Follow along my music and we will prosper

Dance amongst my floor and I will have the crown

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“Silence years ago” Estefani Tayun

Many of us have been silenced years ago

Deprived to use our voice!

Deprived of privilege!

Deprived of sanity!

We tried to stand our ground to peacefully, but we are shut down

To hide the hideous truth of the oppressors

Everything is censored and revised

Athletes began to fight for those who couldn't

Their voices were louder

So they kneeled during the Anthem to demonstrate the wrongness

They were punished

They were told to stop

Now 2020 U.S Soccer noticed

Finally change

Finally eyes are opening

Finally we have a chance

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Yahoo News
UCLA lecturer on leave for refusing to postpone final exams.

Another obscure professor being given the limelight.

His students claiming his “racist response” to refusing to delay a final exam.

In this time, it is obvious he is losing the fight.

But are the students serious about their protest, or is the controversy a sham?

In the end, the students are paying for their education.

They should get the most out of it, when they hit their realization.

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It infects all who it touches, at first you think it's nothing major.
And, to some it's barely noticeable, but others collapse and are gone without a warning.
It's been four months since we've been put away, yet numbers keep rising more and more each day.
They say it'll  be another year til things get back to normal.
We'll see how it goes, and who is sane after the abnormal.

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We are fighting against racism
And for some reason
Some are fighting for it
All this with a Virus out there
That has seemed to be forgotten
That's what is amazing
That they are risking their lives
For the ones who have fallen
Because of Injustice

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The Obelisk of oppression felled.
Like a tree bearing bitter fruit
Dozens of lumberjacks gathered
Their axes, chain-linked and motorized.
State sponsored violence
Meets capitalist oppression
A people brutalized for centuries
Sadistic sentries shoot seditionaries
All monuments to racism must be torn down

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U.S. Soccer Lifts Ban On Kneeling During Anthem

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U.S. Soccer Lifts Ban On Kneeling During Anthem

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They want us to peacefully protest

But punish us when we do so

Athletes want to use their influence

To promote social justice
But they are punished when they do so

How should we protest?

Our voices feel smothered

Despite our methods

We’re targeted either way

It should not take worldwide protests

To change a right

That should be protected

U.S. Soccer athletes

Want to lead

As an example for social justice

Shame on corporations for silencing voices

Until now, when it looks good for their image

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Atlanta Police officer charged in tasing of college students was named in prior excessive force lawsuit

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Atlanta Police officer charged in tasing of college students was named in prior excessive force lawsuit

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It has been like this for years
The creation of the police solely to disturb the peace
We live in fear that one day they will kill someone we hold dear
Nevertheless we try our best
Yet, we still get tased in the chest for not obeying the lawless
They are only here to hurt us more
I've heard people have gotten shot in their own homes
Many cops have multiple cases where they have taken advantage
They have never been charged which makes this more problematic
Hopefully soon law and order will come to this land
No more cops killing men and children

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School in the fall sounds like a good idea to some. We hear our teachers, parents, and even children’s concerns. Really can it be a good thing to come back in the fall, when the character of this virus won’t change at all. In the fall, it sounds so far. Sooner rather than later we will see a change, but can it be the best, the very best for and onward day.

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The News Poem (from the Purdue OWL)

1. This has been a time of bad news.

1. Go to a major news website—NPR is great, but you could also use NBC, CNN, etc.

1. Once you’re there, browse through the articles, reading (or listening to) whatever stories interest you.

1. When you find one that really catches your attention, something that amazes you—something you can’t stop thinking about—you’ve found your topic.

1. Free write your response to the story, and consider how it connects to your own life.

1. Let yourself write in fragments, in paragraphs, whatever feels natural.

1. Write a draft of a poem with 3 to 10 lines of text (with or without a title).

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"Did He Fall?"

The powerful president
Of the Confederacy:
An advocate of slavery
His metal body in Richmond
For so many years -- pointing his finger
Projecting racism,
Causing tears -- did he
Fall,
This harbinger of hate?
No, he was pulled down
By youth, a new generation;
They have made the choice:
"Let us discard the symbols
of division: let us
Relegate these
Memorials to oppressors
To the dustbin of history."

--Daniel Lambert

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Enough is Enough

Now more than ever
We need to stand together
The country has failed countless times
You've ignored their cries
You've instigated violence
You've disrupted the peace of their marches
You've pushed away their demands for social justice
And still nothing has changed
When will you wake up?
Do better America

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The failures of Reconstruction have never been more evident — or relevant — than today: Washington Post

It's 2020 and some things haven't change,
this country is still filled with racial hate,
A Civil War passed hy,
African Americans got freedom but still don't get treated right,
change won't happen overnight,
but step by step it can be done right

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Now is the time.
How many people have to die?
How many families have to suffer?
Justice shouldn’t be limited,
Everyone should be held accountable under the same law,
Police have gotten away with too much,
Now is the time.
All colors,
Celebrities, Athletes,
the working class,
the non working class,
Politicians, voters,
Now is the time.
Stand together, make a change,
Police have gotten away with too much,
And now we need a change.

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A nation metaphorically ripped in two.
Left or right only from these two may you choose. A nation against a president and a president against his nation. A protector? No a destroyer. The fate of many lives still yet to be determined. But why? Money what makes the world go round is far more precious than any human could ever be.