Sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry you aren’t the world’s ideal beauty.
I’m sorry you have a wide nose.
I’m sorry your natural hair is nappy and kinky.
I’m sorry society makes you want to go buy fake hair.
I’m sorry that someone outside your race finds you attractive they say “You’re pretty for a black girl”
I’m sorry that apparently kool aid is your favorite drink,
And chicken and watermelons are your favorite things to eat.
I’m sorry there isn’t much talk about us when we get killed.
I’m sorry you are always put on the front lines in the war.
I’m sorry that cops are usually your worst enemies.
I’m sorry you will always get the longer sentence.
I’m sorry you can’t wear hoodies at night.
I’m sorry you are stereotyped as ghetto and when you talk like you have some sense they say “You talk white “or “You sound smart for a black person.”
I’m sorry you have to live life with racist jokes and constant. “I’m not racist but can I tell you a racist joke?”
I’m sorry that you hear the n-word so much in our modern day society that you began to think the word is okay and for our ancestors that was usually the last word they would hear before they were hanged.
I’m sorry that we may not be brothers and sisters anymore because the family bond is gone so we kill each other because we no longer have love for each other.
I’m sorry that this is our reality.
But I am not sorry you were born the way you were.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and there is no such thing as perfection but I have seen perfection from the darkest leather to the whitest silk.
I’m not sorry you wear the darkest suit with the brightest smile.
I’m not sorry you’re the blackest berry with the sweetest juice.
Please listen to me when I say do not be sorry.
Do not be sorry for what the world has done to us, because as long as we stand together as a family they can never break us.
Do not be sorry because you have a story that has one of the saddest beginning but I promise you will have one of the happiest ending.
These are my dearest apologizes for us to learn to be unapologetic.