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    Justice or Just Us?
    Justice or Just Us?
    Justice or Just Us?
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    Justice or Just Us?

    By Eric Triplett

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    In my first semester of college I wrote a short poem for a homework assignment. My English professor Dr. Jeff Koloze, asked If I had ever considered publishing any of it. I had written poetry in the past and the only person I ever let read it is my best friend David Binion. My passion is African American history, and I find it somewhat despicable that my people have suffered some of the greatest atrocities known to man. As I began to write the poems contained in this book, my own personal tragedies resurfaced and took center stage. These stories are not discussed in the public sector as quickly as tragedies to other races are, and some or most of them are viewed only as a statistic. It is my wish these poems can offer some liberation that is brought on by absolute hatred of ones own race and those who may hate you.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJun 12, 2013
    ISBN9781481762786
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      Justice or Just Us? - Eric Triplett

      JUSTICE

      OR

      JUST US?

      Eric Triplett

      US%26UKLogoB%26Wnew.ai

      AuthorHouse™ LLC

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2013 by Eric Triplett. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 07/01/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-6268-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-6267-0 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-6278-6 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013910424

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      137 Bullets

      A House Nigger in My House

      Don’t Let Alcohol get You Fucked Up

      And You Call Us Ignorant

      Belly of the Beast

      Blood on Y’alls Hands

      Southern Just ‘us

      Dago, Kraut, Nigger, Mick

      Drunken white woman

      Education’s Price

      Entwine

      Four Klansmen

      Gay I Say

      God’s Will

      Hater

      It Ain’t Over

      James Byrd’s Ride in Texas

      Knee Baby

      Louisville Three

      Mad At My Swag

      Manhood

      Mississippi made

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