Black Like Me

"Men chained together are brothers" so said the wrestler to Kunta Kinte. Therefore when I see people like me, I love them for who they are. Whether their face is veiled, or whether in an old church where I hear the wails. They are Black like me. When the man has a ball in his hand, running from side to side, or base to base. I see the pigment in his face. I cheer, cuz he is Black like me. From the dreadlock brothers on the block, to the bald brothers in on lock. I salute and love them, right or wrong cuz they are Black like me. I don't apologize for the reasons why, the stories and lies. We are who we are. Educated or ignorant, enlightened or darkened. We are the same. Black like We. Richard J Wright 2013