Teens Passionate Poem Inspires Americans To Rise Up Together

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“Let’s rise up. Let’s rise up with those overlooked and undervalued by society.”

The country may seem divided right now, but one teen’s powerful poem may be the glue that inspires to us to stick together.


It’s called “Rise Up,” authored by Royce Mann, a 15-year-old poet from Atlanta.


Mann delivered his riveting poem on Monday at a Martin Luther King Day event at the city’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King was a pastor.


The poem sets its tone in the opening lines:

Let’s rise up. Let’s rise up with those overlooked and undervalued by society.

The black man who walks down the street on the way to his job. It’s his first day as an 8th grade English teacher.

The same black man who has a son, his most prized possession. Who told that son that life will be hard, but anything is possible.

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Royce also wrote this when he was 14.

White, Teen Boy Interrogates His Own Privilege In Passionate Poem


Privilege. Some don’t get what it means, but 14-year-old Royce Mann sure does.


The 8th grader recently recited a poem titled “White Boy Privilege” during a contest at his school in Atlanta, Georgia, back in May. In the poem, he discusses the advantage white men have over women and other races, and that even though he didn’t create the system, he still benefits from it.

“I know it wasn’t us eighth grade white boys who created this system, but we profit from it every day. We don’t notice these privileges though, because they don’t come in the form of things we gain, but rather the lack of injustices that we endure.”

And he doesn’t feel bad for this resistant to change.


[b

]“Dear white boys: I’m not sorry. I don’t care if you think that the feminists are taking over the world, that the Black Lives Matter movement has gotten a little too strong, because that’s bullshit. I get that change can be scary, but equality shouldn’t be.”

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Amazing words from a 14 year old child.