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@RottenPeachState706 Thanks for this thoughtful post. I really appreciate it!

@4tabula2rasa0 Thanks : )

@shellion5 Thanks shellion5! I take this as a positive wow! But if you meant it another way, forgive my inability to read between the lines! Thanks for taking the time to post. : )

@deelo2020 Thanks deelo2020! That's very kind of you. : )

@lub783 Thank you! Thanks for taking the time to post! : )

@alicetheninth Yes Alicetheninth....I might be a vision of the future in which cooperation, tolerance and love can exist together. Co-exist...the world has always been that way, from the beginning of time.

@24neish Thanks 24neish... : )

@TheBannedPoet Wow! That's unreal! Thanks for sharing this valuable information. Those of us with a voice must continue to speak, that's the only way to affect change. Thanks for posting.

@TheFreeurmind Thanks for posting. I'll check it out. : )

@MusikkIzMiLiffee Thanks lady! Yes, love who you are, because no matter what, that's the light that will shine and that you can share with others! Thanks for the note! : )

@MusikkIzMiLiffee Yes, I know the feeling, only it's with my mother. And I don't really look like either of them. Thanks for posting. : )

@Guatorican15 That's funny, because I always thought I was too brown to pass. I suppose it's all a matter of perception. Thanks for posting.

@idreaminblacknwhite Thanks! Yeah, a copy of a copy...my bad : ( Thanks for posting.

@cowtipper222 Thanks for identifying! : ) And for posting. : )

@Shojahan Thank you for taking the time to share your opinion. I do wish you could have chosen another way to share it, but I still accept your opinion, as well, yours. For future reference, the oldest skeleton in the world comes from Africa. So technically every human being is a descendant of Africa. Also, for your reference, my great great grandmother was born into slavery, and my father was of African American descent. And I don't think I mentioned Cleopatra in my poem. Thanks.

WOW exactly how i feel!!

I love this video, I just wish the vocal quality was better.

She looks mad white to me not even black

@g0elephant You couldn't have said it any better my friend.

The future of America. May God have mercy on us all :(

fantastic!!!

Nafeesa is POWERFUL! I love this one!

@BeSuperb lol!! oh no!! It happens though ;-)

@Maddluv4eric AWESOME! : ) I actually walked by Ntzake Shange at the premiere of the movie....but I was too shy (I know right...) to say hello! Oh well...

@g0elephant Thanks for these valuable questions to help encourage those who do not see....to, well...see! : ) Thanks for posting.

@mikejpete Yes Mike. I agree with you. Thanks for this! : )

@4tabula2rasa0 I can only imagine what you go through. I know when I was a kid people used to ask my mom whose child I was! And she was like "She's MINE!" Sending you and your brother love. What matters is that YOU both know you're family! Thanks for posting! : )

@DrunkenPoetic Sooo, some of the most amazing poetry I've ever seen was in a coffee shop. So, thanks! : )

Coffee shop poetry...meh.

@newbei440 no one is white and no one is black. We are all people of the sun.

@BeSuperb yeah me too!!

@YoungFlipChick YAY! Thanks! : )

@jokergirls420 Thank you! : ) I'ma keep goin' if I can! : )

@marq89 Write to HBO and tell them what's up!!! : )

@halrenrice YES IT DOES!!! ALL SHADES!!! Don't listen to those folks! : )

@Maddluv4eric Definitely one of my favorite as well! I performed in the play when I was in college (yes, at Wesleyan). I was Lady Purple. It still is one of my favorite shows, it was a very special cast. : ) I thought they did okay with the movie too!

@djshawtyg LOL! Thanks...but you know, it's TV, I had a lot of help : )

@toretsblaby It's "chola" - google it and let me know what you come up with! : )

@Razer1X2003 Tell HBO they need to get on it!!! : ) There's a whole other generation of new hot poets out there too!!! : )

@timdw1988 Thank you! : )

@imaqtee1 Yes, totally stupid reason not to like anyone. Glad to hear you stuck it out and it sounds like you are stronger for having had to deal with that. Stay strong! : )

@koolinturn Thanks!!!! : )

@flatulantbrothers Yes, this is true. But there are very few people anymore that are really pure anything. Keep being who you are, because that's what matters most! : )

@Tairaacangrox The truth is, everyone these days has some mix of something. Find out who you are inside, and work from there. The people that know and love you will be there no matter what! : )

@SwytSha Thank you!!! : )

@newbei440 So, I almost didn't post your comment, but then I decided that your opinion should be allowed to be heard. I have to say, what I REALLY believe, is that everyone descends from the same two people, who I believe were "black." So, in that case, mixed or not, we ALL are black. However, the more important thing to take away, I think, is that life is about finding one's own expression of who they are, that no one should simply be defined by the color of their skin, but by who they are.

@zoracfl3me Thanks! I appreciate it! : )

@cjcalled Thank you for the love! : )

You're amazing! "Words, acting" :-)

Love this form and miss Nafeesa.