IF I KNEELED PEACEFULLY AND WAS RIDICULED AND MY VOICE NOT HEARD I WOULD START FIRES TOO IF FLAMES WERE LOUDER THAN MY SCREAMS THAT ECHOED THROUGHOUT GENERATIONS AND FELL SILENT ON THIS NATION I WOULD BURN DOWN EVERY CITY OUT OF MY FRUSTRATION IF THOSE WHO KILLED MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS BLAMED US FOR THEIR SENSELESS VIOLENCE I TOO WOULD LIGHT A MATCH AND SHOW THEM HOW IT FEELS TO BE SILENCED WHO AM I IN A POSITION OF PRIVILEGE TO TELL THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED HOW TO REACT TO OPPRESSION AS IF THEIR BEHAVIOUR WASN'T A RESPONSE TO THE TRAUMA WE HAVE CREATED AND THEIR MORAL CHARACTER WAS WHAT IS IN QUESTION IF I CANNOT SEE THE FIRES AS A RESULT OF VOICES THAT HAVE BEEN EXTINGUISHED NEEDING MY ATTENTION I AM THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE UNDER A MICROSCOPE I AM THE ONE WHOSE CHARACTER SHOULD BE IN QUESTION - Emma Zeck
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