Old McDonald’s Harm

When Black farmers are denied equity building government funds, that still aren’t enough.

Photo of farmer by John Champion from Pexels, Photo of hands by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels Edited and overlaid by the author in Canva.com

Black farmers tillers of earth since creation to tiktok denied a minuscule sum, to fill your bellies

have you heard, the blip on your radar or flashing red hot boiling rage, denied as Old McDonald brings his harm hunger has no skin color

Inspired by The Brain is a Noodle Daily Poetry Prompt from 7/14: Flashing Red Hot

Source:

Gaffney, Robbie. “‘A Drop in the Bucket’: Black Farmers Say Blocked Usda Program Wouldn’t Provide Equity to All Farmers.” WFSU News, 6 July 2021, news.wfsu.org/state-news/2021–07–01/a-drop-in-the-bucket-black-farmers-say-blocked-usda-program-wouldnt-provide-equity-to-all-farmers.

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Old McDonald’s Harm

When Black farmers are denied equity building government funds, that still aren’t enough.