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Helen Keller

You don’t need to see the world 

To see its injustice

Or read “The Colored Soldier”

To see black contributions go unnoticed 

“Helen Keller”

The Colored Soldier

Helen might not have been able to see 

But the world still saw her 

Recognized her 

Despite the deficiencies they couldn’t blatantly see

The colored soldier 

Or really any American man of color 

Wears his “disability”

True Americans who share this 

Have shown what can be made of such ability 

No man is better than another

No Helen Keller is better than a black

No black man should be regarded as anything other than American 

Hello America 

Sometimes I wish I was a horse in central park

Some things I’d just rather never see

Or hear about

But this is our shared history 

And together 

As one people 

We all have a right to scream out

“Hello America!”

“Can’t you hear me?”

Sometimes I just wish America was a deaf, dumb and blind kid - wouldn’t it be easier to all get along?

Or would our stupid society still be able to marginalize a portion of these deaf, dumb and blind kids?

Would some children still segregate themselves and marginalize the rest?

The ones that willingly separate themselves are really the ones that marginalize themselves. For how much can be learned when we immerse ourselves in diversity?

Hello America 

Hello Langston Hughes

:insert: Hello Helen Keller :written in braille: