Black Lives Matter

Royce Mann's Poem

This badass eighth grade boy wrote this- GOD BLESS HIM!!!! 

Dear women, I'm sorry.

Dear black people, I'm sorry.

Dear Asian-Americans, dear Native Americans, dear immigrants who come here seeking a better life, I'm sorry.

Dear everyone who isn't a middle or upper class white boy, I'm sorry.

I have started life on the top of the ladder while you were born on the first rung.

I say now that I would change places with you in an instant, but if given the opportunity, would I?

Probably not.

Because to be privileged is awesome. I'm not saying that you and me on different rungs of the ladder is how I want it to stay.

I'm not saying that any part of me has for a moment even liked it that way.

I'm just saying that I'm fuckin' privileged and I'm not willing to give that away. I love it because I can say 'fuckin' and not one of you is attributing that to the fact that everyone with my skin color has a dirty mouth.

I love it because I don't have to spend an hour every morning putting on makeu-up to meet other people's standards.

I love it because I can worry about what kind of food is on my plate instead of whether or not there is food on my plate.