Where are Black men like Obama?

If I could write a poem, I would ask where are other young Black and well educated men as smart as our president?

I would say many of them are below the horizon by design and will stay there during their entire career. I would list some things of note.

I would say those not having their spirits broken have to endure the same shameful humiliations as our President. Whether one morning seeing a noose hanging on their locker, reading racist cartoons carefully placed on their un-guarded desks or being perpetually overlooked for meaningful promotions with or without contrived excuses: Those things I would write in my poem. Yes I would.

I would write about the sometimeness of conversations with his superiors. I would word the capriciousness of his co-workers and the celebrations of events offered them after they have purchased a new boat, a new house or just coming back from a vacation with the entire office celebration with balloons and cards never afforded him.

If I were a poet….not even a good one…..just a poet wanting to say something….not my story….a poet’s poem. (Sigh)
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB

What I did for love (of racial equality)
by on the cusp

Excerpt:
I had a few minutes to glimpse his case file, and found this statement from the arresting officer:  "  I, officer White Guy, was called to a scene of a suspected burglary of a habitation.  I found D in a truck in the road, with a flat tire, and some fence boards in his bumpers.  He made the statement he had a front tire blowout that caused him to hit a yard fence made of boards.  His flashers were on.  I arrested him for criminal mischief and transported him to the jail for booking without incident."
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/4/27/861425/-What-I-did-for-love-%28of-racial-equality%29