I am proud of myself

Cos I'm black

I've got history

What's better than that?

I've got role models

Like Mandela and King

The whole world listens

When Missy Elliot sings

I know my history and I know yours

Like when your white racism shut all the doors

Now my poem is about to end

But the slavery what you put us through will never mend.

by Deon Smith Courtesey of the Multiple Heritage Centre Sheffeld