Incarcerated for crimes of poverty cause skin privelege is not enuf; this is for you Ntozake/tiny

pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TDIMG SRC= "../sites/default/files/arch_img/533/photo_3_feature.jpg" //td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby Staff Writer/p p/pPBorn into povertybr / BR /3 generations of poor womenbr / BR /consumed by marginalizationbr / BR /3 generations of women destroyed by subjugation.br / BR /3 women Not resisting just existing./p p/pPme - child of a mixed race mamabr / BR /she-orphaned as a child- tortured as a childbr / BR /she-born of a another tortured woman beaten by a man...br / BR / a man who had a plan to use and abuse until there was no more left to have /p p/pPauntie with no teeth..no soulbr / BR /lost to dpression and cigarettesbr / BR /bearing more tortured children more tortured women who did not eat - who did speak BR /who harm each other and themselves cause there are no more tears to grieve./p p/pPthese womenÕs livesbr / BR /are inter-twinedbr / BR /with the oppressor,br / BR /the oppressorÕs name is Shamebr / BR /Shame tells them it is wrong to be poor,br / BR /it is your faultbr / BR /and whatever you do - BR /donÕt ask for a hand-outbr / BR /starve your childbr / BR /consume that winebr / BR /sleep on the streetbr / BR /youÕll be finebr / BR /but IdonÕt /iask for helpbr / BR /these women believe the oppressor as tho he is the lover they can never keep-they BR /starve their children in honor of shame, they remain homeless in honor of shame- BR /they lose their soul... in honor of shamebr / BR /Shame is the name of the new colonizers, the gentrifying landlords, the policy BR /makers, the presidents/p p/pP3 generations of poor women destroyed by margin-a-lizationbr / BR /Not resisting..Just existing/p p/pPI am born of these women - I am born of this pain ...of the impossible relationship with BR /the new lover- shame-br / BR /at a young age I give up - unable to change - unable to save - ready to die, dead from BR /too many reasons to cry - /p p/pPbut wait there is a happy ending... No not happy... just angry... but anger has hope - BR /anger has possiblitites anger has names like Dorothy Allison, Shange, Toni Morrison, BR /And Zora Neal Hurston -br / BR /anger has clarity and words like resistance and strugglebr / BR /survival and organize/p p/pPso now the story can readbr / BR /3 generations of poor women fighting back-br / BR /3 generations of women.... Healing not Grieving -br / BR /Resisting..... Notbr / BR /just Existingbr / /pbr / /td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p