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Affirmative Action

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my white government
thinks affirmative action
is reaching back and helping
those who can't help themselves

my black grandfather
thinks affirmative action
is leaning forward and working
harder than everybody else around him

(Dedicated to Madam C.J. Walker)

Bryan Corbett

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Topic(s) of this poem: humor,society

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