400 Years
by Alys Caviness-Gober
Title
400 Years
Artist
Alys Caviness-Gober
Medium
Mixed Media - Mixed Media
Description
From my series: “with liberty and justice for all”
400 Years
by Alys Caviness-Gober
What if, instead of 400 years of fearmongering,
What if, instead of fostering otherness,
What if, instead of 400 years of intentional separation,
What if, instead of 400 years of zealous demonizing,
What if, instead of 400 years of sly discriminations,
What if, instead of 400 years of racist epithets,
What if, instead of 400 years of legal inequity,
What if, instead of 400 years of teaching a whitewashed history,
What if America had 400 years of respecting,
What if America had 400 years of fostering familiarity,
What if America had 400 years of intentional unity,
What if America had 400 years of zealous exalting,
What if America had 400 years of dispassionate acceptance,
What if America had 400 years of vocal humanity,
What if America had 400 years of legal equality,
What if America had 400 years of teaching a multicolored history?
What if, for 400 years, while America
embraced and cherished,
lauded and applauded,
promoted and supported,
white Americans,
What if, for 400 years, America had
embraced and cherished,
lauded and applauded,
promoted and supported,
black Americans
simply as
Americans?
Original painting and poem ©Alys Caviness-Gober
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June 29th, 2020
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