A new first
has been a long time coming
It is foolish to think
that race does not matter
in my great nation
Race is so important
as it defines the struggles, crimes
and eventual glorious triumphs
of this American story
I have said many a time
that we are slowly transforming
into a more perfect union
brothers and sisters
united and divided on honest
egalitarian intellectual grounds
where our differences are not querulous
nor trivial, but instead
our differences can form a tapestry
the picture of a nation of ideals
woven with conflict and striving and blood
woven with fear and dogs and tear gas
woven with pain and hatred and apathy
woven with sacrifice and sweat and love
woven by you and myself
woven from the dreams of men and women
lifting us up every time we falter
our resilience always saving us from disgrace
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