{"id":505,"date":"2021-04-15T02:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T02:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=505"},"modified":"2021-04-29T00:16:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T00:16:18","slug":"they-say-my-name-aint-black-enough","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/they-say-my-name-aint-black-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"They say my name ain&#8217;t Blk enough"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Naudia Williams<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name ain&#8217;t blk enough<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ain&#8217;t enough nappy and roots in my syllables<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ain\u2019t enough gutter and grit<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ain\u2019t enough blood spewing from bells of cotton<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ain\u2019t enough pain on its vowels<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name don\u2019t holla don\u2019t clap on beat<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name don\u2019t season food<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say it don\u2019t make the right kind of potato salad<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name ain\u2019t heavy enough to be a martyr or a revolutionary<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s still holding onto to what Massa gave my great-great-great grandmother<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name trying to act white<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name really dressed in Blk face<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say my name is boxer braiding cultural appropriation<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name ain\u2019t Blk enough<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say it don\u2019t come from the south<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name isn\u2019t the hope of the slave<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name won\u2019t see graveyards<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Won\u2019t know tombstones to early<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name won\u2019t be a hashtag<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say my name won\u2019t be shot in a Lorraine hotel<br \/>Or Audubon Ballroom<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Won\u2019t be murdered in police custody<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Won\u2019t see the field of poplar trees<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say my name ain\u2019t strange fruit<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not a lady that sings the blues<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say<br \/>They say<br \/>They say<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name ain\u2019t Black enough<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naudia Williams &nbsp; They say my name ain&#8217;t blk enough Ain&#8217;t enough nappy and roots in my syllables Ain\u2019t enough gutter and grit Ain\u2019t enough blood spewing from bells of cotton Ain\u2019t enough pain on its vowels They say my name don\u2019t holla don\u2019t clap on beat They say my name don\u2019t season food Say&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/they-say-my-name-aint-black-enough\/\">Continue Reading They say my name ain&#8217;t Blk enough<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-505","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}