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A Feature
Poet's
Presentation
If There Had Never Been Racism
Princella Howard Dixom
If There Had Never Been
Racism, who would I be?
No colored water fountains
In my past, and by George,
No one standing and blocking
The path, who would I be?
No one running along the
Sidewalk forcing me to
Choose whether to cross
Before the crosswalk, who
Would I be? No Freedom
Songs, or threats of jail, just
Who would I be? Without
Having to abide
Lines and
Divides
Really,
Who
Would
I
Be?
Who knows?
Maybe I would
Have to put my
Dream on the shelf,
Maybe even,
Hider under a
Pointed white sheet
Down
To my feet,
No
Black bluesy
Rhythm,
No
Gospel
Beat,
And no life Overcoming Feats or
Challenges to meet,
Who would I
Be?
Princella Dixon is a current student of the MAPW program at Kennesaw State University. For over 30 years, she has been keeping a daily journal that holds an etensive amount of history, data, and daily occurances important to Mrs. Dixon.