Minions

Poems & Essays

  • Here. Right here. Don’t look away!

    Here. Right here. Don’t look away!

    Many of my direct line, DNA descended, ancestors were enslavers. I have known this most of my life. My grandfather was not shy about how our family came to be and who was used to get us there. But…

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  • genealogy in the USA

    genealogy in the USA

    Genealogy! A safe place for white peopleHappy they are to latch on to the idea of exciting ancestorsExciting to them:descendants of kings!Davey Crockett!Native American!African princess! So safeSo far away these ancestors Never ever thinking of the (likely) female ancestors…

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  • Stampede

    Stampede

    The urge to retreat into the safety of my whiteness is so strong. Recognizing this, seeing this, feeling the desire for safety Desire Not need No retreat to safety WHEN THE DANGER IS NOT FOR ME makes no sense…

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  • Behave

    Behave

    If things were different, you don’t know how you would react You don’t know how you would react nowYou say you wouldn’t go along with the crowd. You wouldn’t lynch. You wouldn’t murder. You wouldn’t stand by and watch…

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  • White Women

    White Women

    White women ask yourselves What have you given up for your brothers? What have you given up for your sons? What did your parents take away from you to give to your brothers? What have you taken away from…

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  • Who are you when you don’t have a name?

    Who are you when you don’t have a name?

    Part I: How the patriarchy does it In our white patriarchy Women of any color are rarely recorded well in history or genealogy. During their enslavement African American women and their descendants usually had no recorded name left to…

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  • white people

    white people

    we bred and we stole andwe bred and we stole.For centuries.Destroying the land and the people already thereI don’t understand why we are so proud of this? Being more fecundGreedyWilling to hurtKillCoddling ourselvesFrom our impact on the world? What…

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  • So Excited! Still trying to hide it…*

    So Excited! Still trying to hide it…*

    can you believe, just when all seemed darkWe were granted Thank you, Mass Cultural Council seeding funds for a budding project while the artist is flat on their backLiterally undergoing surgery to supportTo correct a spine much abused by…

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  • DNA

    DNA

    It began with DNA really. In 20– I submitted samples from myself, my parents, and my maternal aunt (my mother’s identical twin) to a DNA service. The results state that I and my father have African DNA. Bit of…

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  • Delia Anne Seavy

    Delia Anne Seavy

    I have found Delia Anne Seavey’s mother 🎉🎉🎉 “While it will never earn this account high marks from historians and genealogists, some speculation is going to be included as to the family of Delia Anne Curtis. The principal reason…

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