10 political spoken word poems that are centred on blackness

Rachael Dolezal by Natasha Hooper, Cole Lawson, & Anita Dias

Write another chapter about choice. Tell us how you chose your shade of blackness. Did you stand at the makeup counter for hours staring at all that brown? Did you ever discouraged by them not having your shade? Did you leave the store and purchase your skin online instead? – Natasha Hooper, Cole Lawson & Anita Dias

This poem does not have an official title, but it was quite evident the poem was about, Rachael Dolezal, former NAACP president. Dolezal who now goes by the name of Nkechi Amare Diallo was caught in a 10-year-old lie. For over a decade, she posed as a black woman. Although, she was born white, and to white parents. In this spoken word piece, the three poets explain the ‘oh-so-difficult’ life of a woman who lied to the world about her race.