We Are Still Supposed To Be Slaves

This is the introduction excerpt from the book: We Are Still Supposed To Be Slaves -The Chronicles of Being Black in America

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… that are bathed in racism. Hate is not something new. It is not the latest game released nor is it the hottest new toy this year. It has been a vile staple of cultures since the beginning of…

By G B Lynch

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Road

…road in front of me and nothing behind me or at least I can’t see what’s behind me. I can’t turn to look back. No matter how hard I try to look back I end up looking up at the sky instead. I’m in the middle of the road. To my left an empty field with a few dead trees. And to my right are thick lively trees that I…

By Cristina Collazo

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One True Self

…followed his new manager the office. His manager Derek introduced the new starter to his staff with his usual cutting remarks that he thinly disguised as jokes or banter. As he approached another desk he jerked a thumb. The man had thick ginger hair and reading glasses perched on the end of his thin nose. He…

By Chris Platt

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The Shadow Within

…woke up around 12 pm in the afternoon and gazed at his table. His laptop, a capsized half read “Communist Manifesto” and George Orwell’s “1984” lay on the table in his room. He had spent the previous night musing in these writings. As a matter of fact, it had been weeks. He also wrote few verses and…

By Sushant Thapa

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Endurance

Captain Ernest Shackleton made the gut-wrenching decision. They would eat their 70 sled…

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…gut-wrenching decision. They would eat their 70 sled dogs. With their food stores almost gone, the 28-man crew had been expecting the decision. Some were disgusted by the idea – many of the dogs had become pets – but…

By Pete Black

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Mr. Yellow Jacket

Nobody was sure why the gruff football coach Harold Jones took a liking to the…

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… overlooking the McCants Junior High football practice field. From a safe distance, he watched the team practice each afternoon. After a week, Coach Harold Jones invited the young man to attend…

By Pete Black

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Stick Figures

…light of the moon rendered a telltale sign on a cave wall. A queue of stick figures, primarily children gathered looking at a priest on a mountain. The priest sermoned and picked up a child. He took him to the gallows. Parents witnessed this atrocity in petrified silence. Their King sat reading from a scroll. There was…

By Mehreen Ahmed

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