Reclamation
GIANNA USON
how do i celebrate my salvation through Jesus—
in Whose name my ancestors were tortured?
i refuse to believe that my God would support
the erasure of my people’s history
the acts of inhumanity
and then call it a victory
because He wouldn’t
Jesus is not a Western construct
meant to further a self-seeking agenda
not an idea meant to enslave a people
nor an ideal meant to oppress
the Son of Man is not a master used to control us
but Who the Master used to free us
and though this anger is valid,
it is not enough to invalidate His work on the cross
for it was the same crooked system
of oppression
of marginalization
of racism
of injustice
that put Him there
my God is not a colonizer’s god—
He is for us, the poor and powerless
and we are descendants of the King
Gianna Uson is a sophomore concentrating in Computer Science.
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