Only In America; We are chained

In America we have abolished slavery yet we are are still slaves with invisible chains so it seems. Please enjoy my poetry.

Only in America do you see that children are taught to keep their mouths shut
Because we are not adults and our voices don't matter.

Only in America do you see that some of our history is hidden.
As a young child I was never taught about my roots,
Because America was too ashamed.

Too ashamed that they had KKK and so many were involved.
Too ashamed that people like me were owned.
&I never knew humans could be "owned "
TOO ashamed to admit they beat us and sinned, because they are just good Christians

Good Christians that judge you based off of your race and homosexuality.
What about our personality?

Oh right that doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter what you have to provide to the table
I want to speak but I am unable

Unable to speak because I have no mind of my own
It has been stripped from me.

the first amendment states that we have the right to freedom, religion and press.
But I am judged if I am not Christian, and I am judged for speaking my mind
And I am judged for being me,
The first amendment is just a fallacy.

You preach and teach us all the the things that are  wrong
You judge us if we listen to a rap song.

Yes some of the rap may be provocative but what about the ones that speak to me.
A rap that gives me hope, a reason to believe.

Every song has a hidden message within,
But America itself has a hidden history, a hidden sin.

Sinning that are nitpicked by Christians, defined by them..

If you are anything but straight it is a sin in their eyes, yet lying is a sin and they persist to lie and lie and lie.

Till I realize they are not true Christians.
True Christians love one another no matter who they are inside.
But they are better they don't use the Bible to abide by.

They make their own rules.

Are they the reason we  don't learn the necessities in school?

Like what to do when I get out of high school I have no clue.
I've always been taught to bubble in a scantron and not to play with glue.

Like how do I budget and file for taxes,
How should I know I was only taught to pass my classes.

The standards that are set are just so high
Because you know there is no limit but the sky.

Right??

I am unsure of what I even know anymore
Because my mind hurts and I feel so sore.

My mind has been brainwashed and filled with bull,
Goodness how we are such a fool.

Fools for not branching off on our own or am I still a slave and chained and owned.

That's exactly what it appears to be.

Why can't I be able to dress the way I please without getting raped.
Oh right because I am a girl and that's just not okay.

But why shouldn't boys be  able to control themselves just as we, but instead because of the way I dress I am a target saying "please rap me"

I should be able to dress as I please.
I should be protected by authority.

But of course we live in a country with sexism and racism and every -ism there is,
I'm beyond worried as to the world I am going to raise my kids.

They should be taught the right things unlike me
They should be able to be their own person and be free.

But instead we're still in 1619 and still enslaved,
Uh oh we don't meet the standards of normal, we all better behave.

Author's Note

What do you guys think?