Poem About Blackness and Africa Sparks Outrage

Imagine writing a heartfelt poem about your racial identity, only to be accused of cultural appropriation and racism. That’s exactly what happened to this college student, who has a white mother and a mixed-race father. Struggling with their racial identity, they decided to write a poem for their poetry class assignment, with the opening line “Africa runs in my veins”. Little did they know, this would spark a chain of events that would lead to a college investigation and a potential expulsion.

A Mixed-Race Family

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The Struggle with Racial Identity

Writing the Identity Poem ✍️

The Controversial Line

Classmate’s Furious Response

Accusations of Colonization

A Simple Response

The Harassment Begins

Tracing it Back to the Classmate ️‍♀️

College Investigation

Life Ruined Over a Poem?

Self-Reflection

A Poem Turns into a Nightmare

Our protagonist, a college student with a mixed-race background, wrote a poem about their racial identity struggle for a class assignment. However, one classmate was furious about the poem, accusing them of cultural appropriation and threatening to complain to the Dean of Students. Things escalated quickly, with the classmate sharing their contact info online, leading to harassment and even a college investigation. Now, they’re left wondering if they should have stood their ground or backed down to avoid this mess. Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…