{"id":179062,"date":"2018-02-27T14:41:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T19:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=179062"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:31:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T02:31:56","slug":"poet-abortion-civil-war-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/poet-abortion-civil-war-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Poet puts focus on abortion as a new civil war against the Black community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Black pro-life poet Shawn Welcome produced a passionate poem several years ago to address abortion<\/a>, a tragedy he calls the “new civil war.” Welcome states in the video that he wanted to challenge people to take a stand against abortion in their cities. Statistics on abortion reveal that it disproportionately affects the Black community. Many of the early advocates of abortion were involved in eugenics, a racist ideology which viewed minorities as less valuable.<\/p>\n

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Poet Shawn Welcome on abortion and Black genocide 2<\/p><\/div>\n

Welcome has been a community activist for years, according to his website<\/a>. His poem begins by recalling the American civil war:<\/p>\n

1861, musket rifles with mini ball bullets blast across the Mason-Dixon line from both sides. Bayonets in my neighbors\u2019 neck if they\u2019re close enough, gun-smoke and tensions in the air, this won\u2019t end for another four years. The American Civil War, a bloody conflict within the same nation. On the backs of Blacks was built the wealthiest\u2026. Slave ships were packed and hearts were hardened. Never asked to be here how unfair that we\u2019re<\/strong> the problem\u2026.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Welcome then changes the line to talk about the preborn in the womb, stating, “Never asked to be here, how unfair that they\u2019re <\/strong>the problem,” and\u00a0moves his hand in cradle formation near his stomach, alluding to the preborn babies in America who are targeted for abortion.<\/p>\n

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Black pro-life poet Shawn Welcome on abortion and Black genocide<\/p><\/div>\n

He continues:<\/p>\n

All in the name of freedom. Party like a rock-star while little ones are dying.<\/p>\n

Silent screams from injected saline and dreams you will never hear because little lungs were punctured before they could fully function. Who will be a voice for the voiceless? The abolitionists?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n