Slam Poetry

So this guy comes to PUC, comes to our small predominately white and asian campus. His name Bryonn Bain. 1st of all he was amazing. I’m not much for hip hop/rap music, but i found myself being magnetized to his flow and to his lyrics. It was just such a beautiful flow to it all. And his messages were important. he spoke out against racism, against unfairness. Everything about his message was refreshing. He is not the black guy who comes and tells all the white people we should appreciate the black man because we did all these bad things to them and without them we would be nowhere. I’m all for racial equality, but most of the time i see the pendulum swing too far the other way. NO he didn’t do that he came and preached a message of straight equality. You cant do anything about the past. What is important is now! He told the story of his wrongful imprisonment, but instead of being bitter about it he has moved to a place where he can dialogue about racial issues in america. He has a passion for the prison system in our nation because of his wrongful imprisonment. He now uses his experience to reach out to people incarcerated around our nation. Some of the things he told us was appalling but, it NEEDS to be said. America now imprisons more people than iraq, north korea, and Afghanistan combined. The number of blacks in our prison system that that majority of them are wrongfully profiled is more than were placed in prison during the “Apartide” in south africa. Thats is horribly wrong and makes me ashamed to call this nation my people. But here i am an american. What will i do to make a change? The most amazing part about his program. The stage reading of his new one man play. There is only one word to describe it. Amazing. It really moved me. The message of hope at the end was a really moving moment.

ps. on a side note. Bryonn Bain has inspired me to start writing again. I know my poetry is going to suck, but as he told me you have to just let it come out. It will get better over time. You have to let it spill out then you can craft it and mold it later.

Shame on you PUC

You give us Martin Luther King Day off, to remember what he did for this nation and for people everywhere. What about Presidents Day? They day to remember the presidents who paved the way. Presidents Day is meant to remember Washington and Lincoln. If it wasn’t for men like this who paved the way of american freedom, both of our nation from Britan and (and freedom for blacks in America, so dont play that RACE card), would there have even been a MLK Jr. To Celebrate, i think not. Why do we not get a day off from school for this day, rather than MKL or even in addition to it. I know i know, we cant have too many days off because we are in the quarter system, but i think that our presidents, especially Washington and Lincoln are worth it.