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The Truth Untold

From a Sista's Point of ViewBy Kaiesha D. Ford

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Copyright © 2011 Kaiesha D. Ford
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ISBN: 978-1-4634-0669-1

Contents

Acknowledgements..................................................viiI'm Not Giving My Black Back......................................2A Sista Violated..................................................3I'm Not Giving My Black Back Part II.............................6A Sista Confronts Her Mother......................................9The Father's Point of View........................................11A Cream-Colored Rose: Our Delta Gamma Journey.....................13A Black Family Reunion............................................15An Overshadowed Sista.............................................16Don't Ignore Me...................................................18A Message to My People............................................20For the Confident Sistas..........................................22For the Confident Brothas.........................................23The Black House...................................................24A Good Man........................................................26A Brotha Suffering from Betrayal..................................28A Mother's Questionnaire..........................................30A Father's Questionnaire..........................................31An Unappreciated Brotha...........................................32My Home...........................................................33Take Care of What Yours...........................................35A Responsible Brotha..............................................36For Me............................................................38Here I Stand......................................................39The Saga of a Pimp................................................41A Sista Left Speechless...........................................43A Brotha Runs Out of Time.........................................45Reflection........................................................48Being Myself......................................................50Secrets Revealed Part I: The Series...............................51The Truth Untold Part I: The Series...............................53Secrets Revealed Part II: The Series..............................55The Truth Untold Part II: The Series..............................57Secrets Revealed Part III: The Series.............................59That Word.........................................................61Wasting a Sista's Time............................................64She Wasn't the One................................................66That Man..........................................................68A Sista Kept in the Closet........................................70A Down Low Brotha.................................................72A Down Low Brotha: Part II........................................74I'm Rich..........................................................75A Painful Grandmother.............................................77A Sista's Family Betrayal.........................................79Issues We Face....................................................81

Chapter One

    I'm Not Giving My Black Back

    I was born in Mississippi,
    Went back and forth to New Or-leans,
    I came from a heritage that had to fight,
    If you know what I mean,
    And I'm proud to be born to an African-American Queen.
    We came to the United States on the back on a ship,
    Lord knows I cried when I heard we'd been dipped,
    And you expect me to forget how we were brought,
    Don't walk around here like you ain't never been taught,
    All those years we had fought,
    And y'all looking at me like the color of my skin is my fault,
    No, excuse my English and listen to what I have to say.
    My ancestors worked hard picking cotton and laying down hay,
    And then you have the nerve to down them in my face,
    But that's OK 'cause I'm through talking to you anyway,
    Now you're sitting there like you ain't got nothing else to say,
    So learn about your Black history,
    Take pride in yourself,
    We're in this world together,
    Can't worry about no one else,
    So for one and all,
    And I'll stand straight and tall and say,
    I'M NOT GIVING MY BLACK BACK!


        A Sista Violated

    Stop!
    You're hurting me!
    Let GO!
    This man wouldn't listen to me,
    As I told him, "NO!"

    He came into my room,
    As I slept at night,
    I thought it was my mother,
    Coming to say good-night,
    To much of my surprise, I was wrong, not right.

    He crept into the room,
    Pulled back the sheets,
    With my legs shaking,
    As my heart skipped a beat.

    I screamed at the top of my lungs,
    So my mother could save me,
    But she wasn't at home,
    She was out having a baby.

    I was all alone with him,
    I panicked as thoughts went through my head,
    He came closer, and it was my legs he spread,
    Then what happened next, should not be said.

    That night, I went to my grandmother,
    To tell her my story,
    She believed what I said,
    As she wiped the tears from my eyes,
    With a look on her face as if she wasn't surprised.

    She told my mother,
    Who thought she was crazy,
    She started swearing up and down
    And saying, "NO, NOT MY BABY!"

    This occurred for two nights in a row,
    'Til my grandma said "I wasn't living there no mo'."
    She called the police to have him arrested,
    He climbed in the backseat giving me a death stare,
    But he was going to jail forever,
    So I really didn't care.

    That was back in '69,
    When I was only 10 years old,
    My mom still doesn't believe me,
    And it still hurts to this day,
    In fact, she blames me,
    She blames me for that night,
    When the cops took him out of sight.

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