Unspoken Truths Being African American in The Inner Cities in America

By Evangeline B

A thought provoking collection of poems of life for those living within the inner cities across America.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Evangeline B
• Release date: May 31, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301251506

Evangeline B

I was born and raised in the South Bronx in New York city. I have matriculated a four year degree in Business Management and am currently residing in Northern Arizona.

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Unspoken Truths

Being African American in the Inner Cities in America

By

El Jameson

Copyright © 2013 El Jameson

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This e-book is dedicated to those whose truth this is.

Contents

Introduction

Inner City Blues

Ghetto Life

The Building Chick

Desperation

Of The Night

My Mother Is 13

Unwanted

Baby Too Soon

Are You My Baby’s Daddy?

Single Mommy

The Wanderer

Lock Down

The Stud

Conscience Ignorance

Favors

Hustlers

Don’t Cry For Me

Untitled #1

Prostitute

Untitled #2

Youngsters

Back-Hand

Woman, Mother, Daughter, Lover

Afterwords

Introduction

You are about to find out how people, particularly people of color are living in the inner cities across America. On the following pages you will read a comprehensive and honest collection of poems describing the lives of African Americans in the inner cities, namely New York City. Followed by an equally honest and hopefully thought provoking prose from someone that has first-hand knowledge of what it is like to grow up in the hood in New York City. I have focused on New York City because that is the machine that runs the world so to speak, and because I grew up there. There are two sides to every story and there are two sides of New York City. I never understood how you could be in one area in New York City one minute and in the space of an half hour you could be in another area of New York City that looks like a third world country. But you can. I know because I was born and raised there.

These are the stories that you will not read in any national news circulations and you will not hear these truths on the news. Yes, some things about the African American community are given some air time, but a lot of what really takes place in the lives of people of color will never see the light of day. New York City would never be revered the way that it is if certain truths were known. The world would view New York, would never view America the same way again. It is my hope that with this e-book I might shed some light on what the media won’t tell you.

There are many stories in the inner cities that need to be told. And though I cannot tell them all I will do my very best to give a voice to a place that has been forgotten.

Statistics were cited from the following:

naacp.org/pages/criminal-justice-fact-sheet.

nclej.org/poverty-in-the-us-php.

INNER CITY BLUES

In the inner cities living conditions are deplorable.

The buildings are dilapidated rat infested tombs.

The elevators are death traps.

There are