{"id":899,"date":"2014-06-07T15:26:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T15:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alfabus.us\/?page_id=899"},"modified":"2022-01-15T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:12:09","slug":"myskinisblack","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alfabus.us\/madness-has-its-reasons\/myskinisblack\/","title":{"rendered":"fourwomen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/alfabus.us\/madness-has-its-reasons\/scarsthatmarkmybody\">skin<\/a> is black<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My arms are long<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My hair is woolly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My back is strong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strong enough to take the <a href=\"https:\/\/alfabus.us\/madness-has-its-reasons\/somethingsubversive\">pain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alfabus.us\/madness-has-its-reasons\/aworldthatmakesyoudeviant\">inflicted again and again<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do they call me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is AUNT SARAH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Aunt Sarah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My skin is yellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My hair is long<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between <a href=\"https:\/\/alfabus.us\/madness-has-its-reasons\/tworealities\">two worlds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do belong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My father was rich and white<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He forced my mother late one night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do they call me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is SAFFRONIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Saffronia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My skin is tan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My hair is fine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My hips invite you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>my <a href=\"https:\/\/alfabus.us\/madness-has-its-reasons\/myuglylove\">mouth<\/a> like wine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whose <a href=\"https:\/\/alfabus.us\/madness-has-its-reasons\/oneneednotbecome\">little girl<\/a> am I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who has <a href=\"https:\/\/alfabus.us\/madness-has-its-reasons\/tradesexualityforsurvival\">money<\/a> to buy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do they call me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is SWEET THING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Sweet Thing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My skin is brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>my manner is tough<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll kill the first mother I see<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>my life has been too rough<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m awfully bitter these days<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>because my parents were slaves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do they call me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is PEACHES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/08\/11\/raised-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nina Simone<\/a> &#8211; Four Women<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My skin is black My arms are long My hair is woolly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain inflicted again and again What do they call me My name is AUNT SARAH My name is Aunt Sarah My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":103,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfabus.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfabus.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfabus.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfabus.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfabus.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfabus.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/899\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfabus.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfabus.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}