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Keerthi Lakshmi Narayanan

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To Be Black

Submitted to Contest #292

T/W : Descriptions of gun violence, blood, and slight gore ; Censored swears ; Heavy discussion of racismJune 1st, 1921 - 2nd Day of the Tulsa MassacreGreenwood, TulsaI remember that my brother once told me that the colour of your skin all depends on one little pigment in your body- melanin. Isn’t that funny? How much of one pigment you have in your body is the very difference between life and death.It was an innocent sunny afternoon, when my father burst through the door, dishevelled and scared. Without a word to any of us, he started dragg...

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