Thursday, February 22, 2018

Harriet Tubman

You think of those black people she helped save

Some by force she had to

Because they became scared and wanted to go back

Even though it meant certain death or extreme punishment 

So imagine once they did get to freedom 

All hundreds of them

They had to assimilate and learn a new paradigm of living

From life long slave to freedom had to be quite the life shift 

And to come to what exactly?

Not like they had rich ancestors to rely on 

An education 

Even language barriers 

For dialectic, regional and race differences 

They had to have a support system of some kind 

No?

It’s the exact same for immigrants 

Except no one wants them 

At least in the north there seemed to be some humanity available then

Where did that go?

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