Ignorance should never be an excuse for the continuing of inhumane practices;
We should all know the contentions of the past so as to not ignorantly forward the malice.
For as long as we live we must strive to do better than we did yesterday.
Today we are charged to go far beyond our stance of constant dismay.
This year we went on a far-away journey.
We went, not to vacation, but to provide some kind of support for our part of the story.
Under Danish rule we weren't given our freedom by Gen. Peter von Scholten;
It was the forceful outrage of Gen. Budhoe and other slaves that freed us from slavery.
No one thought that by curating a museum exhibit on this horrible past we'd be pushed into even harder conversations.
Our encounters with locals, the amount of progress we made, it was far beyond the parameters of our self-constructed pre-conceived notions.
As I stood in the court of my former master,
I was even more embarrassed to be carrying the passport, representing my future forecaster.
I mean, who did I think I was bringing up such a topic to a young crew?
But wait, let's just appreciate that it was conceptualized by this little few.
If these kids are able to repeat the truth of slavery's past as we've said and not keep it hidden up on the shelf,
History would have too hard of a time trying to repeat itself.
What if America came to this same realization;
What if we all sparked this kind of conversation?
Human trafficking in the United States doesn't stem far from slavery,
but if the you really think about it, its colonial rule over U.S. territories makes the point of freedom weak and very weary.
Why are the territories worth mentioning, talking about, or being recognized?
Let's start by saying it'll save our mother country from a cruel demise.
The prize goes far beyond being able to vote,
It's not about having leniency longer than any size of rope.
We exist and we are people, we are oppressed, so don't expect us to continue to cope.
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