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Afro-american prisoner in cell looking at jail guard with baton, harassment

What if I Was Born White?

07/14/2026
I wonder if I was born to white parents would my daddy have loved me...
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Letter to Momma

07/14/2026
My Dear Mother, Letter to Momma I know for me you had so many plans,...
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African American prisoner in orange uniform leans on jail cell bars and looks around. Guilty gangster serves imprisonment term in correctional facility. Gloomy inmate in detention center.

Every Sinner Has a Future!

07/14/2026
Since I gasped for that first breath, I was charged, tried and immediately convicted and...
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African American prisoner in orange uniform sits on the bed behind bars, reads Bible in prison cell. Criminal serves imprisonment term for crime in jail. Detention center or correctional facility.

I’m Not Your Nigga

07/14/2026
Listen my brother, let me take your mind back in our history to what seems...
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African American inmates in detention center or correctional facility. Depressed man in orange uniform sits on prison bed and looks at barred window. Prisoners serve imprisonment term in jail cell.

My Life Has Been an Oasis

07/14/2026
My life has been an oasis of fame and glory that although internalized, externally didn't...
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Depressed male prisoner holds drawings of child and looks at window sitting on bed in jail cell. Illegally convicted man serves imprisonment term in prison. Detention center or correctional facility.

Does It Really Taste That Sweet?

07/14/2026
She would not pick up the phone no matter how many times I let it...
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African American young prisoner eats disgusting prison food from iron bowl sitting on bed in prison cell. Teenage criminal, inmate serves imprisonment term for crime in jail. Youth detention center.

The Measure of a Man

07/14/2026
The measure of a man is not based on what is in his pants, no...
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Jail guard with baton looking at afro-american prisoner in cell, harassment

The Obama Effect

07/14/2026
The Obama effect is a condition that has reshaped the relations of races in America...
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Inmate put on jail handcuffs waiting for trial, crime punishment, law breaking

I Was Born to

07/14/2026
I was born toWIN.......Yet bred by society to be a loser….. ©Mark Cook Thursday, March...
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Two African American prisoners in orange uniforms talk. One man sits on bed, another walks in prison cell. Men serve imprisonment terms for crimes in jail, detention center or correctional facility.

M.O.T.H.S. — Must Oppose The Harsh Sentences

03/26/2026
We are the voices buried under numbers,The names turned into case files and calendars.Years stacked...
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