Miseducation 

Miseducation 
How far it will go…
People will run away with it…
And I’m seein this in my face…

I spoke loudly 
To the silence 
That black history is 
Important….racism 
Always been needed to 
Talk about….

My mind is stuck 
On Harriet Tubman 
Situation, my melaninated 
People are sayin 
She doesn’t exist….

All I can say is 
White supremacy has a huge smirk 
About ignorant black folks 
Runnin, walkin the streets 
With phones, they have google 
But refuse to type on search 
And simply read…..

Honestly 
Many people 
Especially black America for the most part 
Is not seein the bigger picture….
Some pay attention 
Others go along with what people say 
On TikTok 
On Threads
On any social platforms….

Without lookin up for themselves….
and not realizin
Black history is deeply buryin into 
Soil as we speak….
Racial erasure does exist, 
They’re doin that in schools….
Not teachin babies critical thinkin….

That’s what they’ve 
Been doin….
As a black poetess 
Who writes the truth 
About this, 
I’m glad that I read
I’m glad that I keep learnin
I’m glad that I use google 
I’m glad that I’m woke…
I’m glad that i can write poems 
About our blackness 
And mirrors white fragility 
Without givin A shit 

Cos I live in a world 
Where ignorance is fuckin 
Annoyin….where people don’t care 
About history doom to repeat….
I’m doin my best to 
Share 

My words, my feelings 
Yeah it’s poetic 
But I expose the facts 
To the blind eyes…
I understand anger
And I feel the anger 
I feel the pain 
This isn’t an exploitation 
This is about humanity 
And I wanna give harsh messages 
Out there 
Cos this is real life 
This is real timin
Whether you don’t like it or not, 

The problem is 
Misinformed gets too much 
Live streams, while truth sits in the 
Dark….
It’s how miseducation goes…
Beyond too far….
I do my best to write and educate 
Encourage people to do their own research 
To heal in the best way I can 
and yes some audience back away 
Cos my realness scares them….

And others who are my readers 
On the internet 
I thank them 
Even if they don’t agree 
I appreciate,
All I wanna do 
is educate people 
With the hardest truths…
The ones that give them 
Discomfort….
My space is not always 
About sugar coated 
Romance and love….
I’m about black people being 
Human…I may not speak about 
It in real time, I write my activism 
In poetry…I speak about it on social 
media….but I don’t say a word 
In my reality….

Only when I feel the need to 
Talk about it cos it’s on the news….
and part of it is 
That racism makes us boiled up 
Inside and we say nothin….
I play YouTube videos about it cos 
I thought it was interestin….
This is why race needs to be discussed 
To some it’s negative 
For me, it give me somethin 
To write about….
and miseducation plays its own character 
In many lifetimes….
And Harriet Tubman, a black woman 
A black historical figure 
Caught my attention 
Sayin she’s not a real person 
By a TikToker who is also a black woman 
Yes she did apologize for the statement 
But other folks who will carry her words 
Like a lifeline….
This is why racism and black history needs 
To be put in our lips constantly 
Cos miseducation is runnin rampant 
And white supremacy is truly smirkin behind 
The scenes….
The worst part about this, 
Nobody have a listenin ear 
To understand the truth….
Cos of soft emotions 
And tender egos
And beautiful delicate dreams of 
Certain versions….
I’m just sayin….

Educate yourself….
Learn 
Read
Come up with your own conclusions….
and maybe you can share facts with 
People who care….

Miseducation gives birth to ignorance….
That’s why I’ve been observin, recently….
💯✊🏿©️Kai C. 6-6-25