POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!

What does it mean to be me?

Do you want to tell me about this person that stands before you?

Before you answer, think!

Will your depictions of who I am be ridiculously stereotypical?

Maybe it will be shallowly and thoughtlessly appropriate for you to assume,

Or maybe even wander into the realm of offensive misrepresentation with no connection to reality at all.

You abuse me,

Robbed me of my sense of power.

When I strive to be looked up to and identify with.

You misrepresent my power, my identity, leaving nothing to my legacy.

Trying to shape our consciousness,

Leaving nothing but a racist experience.

I am Visible.

My people are not a dwindling population, as people of the past.

We are modern,

We are successful,

We are talented,

We construct new forms of self-representation.

Look at me!

I do not stand alone.

We will expand and proliferate from here!