Sam Greenlee: "He Had a Dream." [Non-Violence Has Made Black People Just Like Butter]
From "Poetry & Other Raps"
By Sam Greenlee.
He Had A Dream
I wonder what he thought in
that
flashing,
fleeting,
pain-filled
moment when he must have
realized that turn the cheek
don't work when you been
slapped by a .30-.30 slug?
Non-violence has made Black people just like butter – you just cut into them with your knife, and there is no response just reaction with no repercussions. And millions can be killed and demeaned without any resistance, because resistance would be violence. [MORE] and [MORE]