Quvenzhan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quvenzhan%C3%A9_Wallis 3 March 2013, the Griot Poet If I had a daughter, shed look like Quvenzhan Wallis. And her name would be the combination of my wifes, Qulyndreia, a teacher, and my own, Venjie Wallis, Sr., a truck driver. And wed anoint the creation of the third syllable of her name with the Swahili word for fairy. Flitting like one, eyes beaming, pearly-white teeth, dress of royal hue; rocking the toy "pooch pouch." And we, The descendants of diaspora Ripped from the shores of Eden Through Gore Island gates To Atlantic Oceans vast Sleeping in bile and filth Separated from families, children, tribes, language Piled up end-to-end like logs and shipping crates Endure captivity, Civil War, lynching and Jim Crow

Repeated in Louisiana Near the French Quarter where slave Sundays birthed Jazz, Gospel, Blues, Ragtime During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Tossed over like so much trash And fish food to Jaws And we, Creators of algebra, astronomy, Architects of pyramids, Taken to Rome to engineer the aqueducts, buildings, obelisks and modern plumbing The descendants of 3/5th humanity Teeth examined like livestock, Skin lightened by forced miscegenation, The first thing post emancipationwe went looking for wives, husbandschildren. So, we werent looking for disrespect To our young queen on her night, From Seth American Dad, Family Guy McFarlane Insulting her and George Clooney Or, the self-important Onion Of which, You dont have to peel too many layers To see three important things: 1. You entered this life from a womans womb! 2. Nine-year-old children are not small adults you can insult. 3. Its never a joke in this American rape-celebrating cultureto insult a woman!