"to know which end of the whipping whip has your name on it" wow
8 күн бұрын
@@shrewii666 that was so powerful
@xmarie44x
6 жыл бұрын
Everything that Porsha creates is magical 🙌🙌
@quintyiab3735
3 жыл бұрын
L1q
@bqwadseertg
6 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful and historically accurate poem, I could really feel that she knew exactly what she was talking about... And the meaning is so clear.
@penversity
6 жыл бұрын
"And I wonder if this is the cotton plantation my family roots grew from." That introduction set up this line so well, and from here, this poem took off.
@AnythingWithAbeat
6 жыл бұрын
I feel so enlightened and empathetic. Unfortunately this is not a beautiful made up poem, it's an upsetting biography that's based on facts. The kind that you know will never get erased, or rewritten or changed, but most importantly it will never be forgotten. Nor should it be. Much love and respect for the black people who learn their history and embrace their cultural identity, their belonging, their heritage 💚
@_Essentially_abena
5 ай бұрын
No matter how many times I watch this I get CHILLS EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
@akashajones2258
4 жыл бұрын
“Is there a magnolia tree in Mississippi with my ancestors blood on it” 😳👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾damn
@chanteljnai6728
6 жыл бұрын
She's so smart and powerful. One of my favorite poets.
@mishatheewriter
6 жыл бұрын
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Porsha Olayiwoa is amazing!!
@oliviat1533
4 жыл бұрын
😳 Names are so powerful and yes it still feels like a trigger. Makes me really celebrate and appreciate “black sounding names”
@tyshaunthomas6343
3 жыл бұрын
Before I watched this I never thought of all that’s in a name
@TheCaptainKim
5 жыл бұрын
"What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
@katreinawashington6697
3 жыл бұрын
Yesssssssssss queen ur are amazing writer and poety
@asiamarie4
6 жыл бұрын
"Why the runaway syables aren't easier to caught" I had to pause and write that down.
@tyshaunthomas6343
3 жыл бұрын
Every time I come back and watch this some of the lines (like that one) always makes me rewinddd
@aramideakanni1404
4 жыл бұрын
I love Porsha sooooo much
@Amylouise2201
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Porsha. I learn so much from your poetry.
@DebriaLove
5 жыл бұрын
Her growth is amazing and inspiring. Don't give up yall keep perfecting your craft.
@giabrooks2717
6 жыл бұрын
Love her poems, I wish I can watch her live. 😍😍😍😍😍😍
@AmazeG100
6 жыл бұрын
Hair blown back every. single. time.
@SHAYTHAALIEN
4 жыл бұрын
My world. Shes takes my breath away 😭
@Yaw_Jr
7 ай бұрын
Wow! This cut deep...wow Amazing, she's awesome!
@Cupids-1lover
3 жыл бұрын
“Racial traumas and triggers are a formal greeting. When we call our Oppressors’ name to Introduce ourselves.” Damn! 😧
@shaundarauls1924
4 жыл бұрын
I really just learned something... one of my favorite poets thank you for this piece
@rosemaryball7560
5 ай бұрын
I will never forget this 🙏🏼
@JamMastaJeremy
6 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite poems ever!!!
@GiftsTrix
6 жыл бұрын
OMG Yes! Porsha Olayiwola! The performance is amazing, and a bittersweet slap from my favorite poet.
@aishiah438
4 жыл бұрын
This is so true. My grandparents’s last names were both Hall. My grandmother didn’t have to change her last name because it was already Hall.
@mariahj2931
6 жыл бұрын
Your voice was so powerful and incredible. I am in awe. Thank you for writing this!
@demonmother220
4 жыл бұрын
I love her poem
@ekpereusoro8159
6 жыл бұрын
I love this woman.
@uche5448
6 жыл бұрын
my fav is back and naturally she scraped my edges all the way off
@melany7338
6 жыл бұрын
absolutely phenomenal
@hads5279
6 жыл бұрын
Damn, I can’t stop clicking on their poems.
@ThePepsi2011
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. That was amazing
@tyvaughnholness1985
4 жыл бұрын
I felt all of that, every word
@joykutlwanotlhapane7508
6 жыл бұрын
yoh i cried
@mihlaligaiza4296
5 жыл бұрын
preach would you!!! magnificent...
@Bloodygeek1
5 жыл бұрын
Breath taking....
@chassnaecarter4528
4 жыл бұрын
Very Powerful
@amyaenlow2855
5 жыл бұрын
GO OFF SIS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 let them KNOWWWWW 🤓🧐
@MindDepth
7 ай бұрын
Ma’am I need a “Unnamed II” cuz you were going OFF and I don’t feel like you were done!
@Oyasavvi
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Porsha ❤️
@krystal473
6 жыл бұрын
So so so goooood!!!
@TreeHairedGingerAle
3 жыл бұрын
DAMN!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✨📢
@miriameclipse8191
6 жыл бұрын
*faints*
@RhizometricReality
6 жыл бұрын
Powerful!
@basielu
6 жыл бұрын
PORSHAAAA
@Jae.-.
5 жыл бұрын
My last name is the most common...Williams. I know almost nothing about my family history
@tonyb8387
6 жыл бұрын
Oh shiiiiid! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@quinasiajohnson1396
3 жыл бұрын
“To know exactly what your name is attached to” that was the was powerful part for me
@krystal473
6 жыл бұрын
So good
@EssencEats
4 жыл бұрын
D a m n. Yes!
@LacyBeee
6 жыл бұрын
Good shit, very touching!!!
@ms.tekijackson4167
Жыл бұрын
🔥 alon
@eddiebarnum6020
4 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😳🤔 Nice!!! Facts!!!!! ✊🏿
@ancestrallegacyskincare3195
8 ай бұрын
Phew 😮💨
@Grace-ep4hs
6 жыл бұрын
Say That!
@BlackBubbleGummy
6 жыл бұрын
My last name is hill and has Irish orgin from Iriah people that lived on hills....what does that mean?
@brit9662
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know people used their former owners names in the hopes of reuniting themselves one day. There was some greater purpose to it than ease.
@LPoper
6 жыл бұрын
I am sorry. Truly. I know the issues, traumas, difficulties I've faced as a woman and they have at times been devastating. I was raised to acknowledge, accept and appreciate all cultures, all people and my heart aches for the uncountable, unknowable (by caucasian women) traumas and hurdles, centuries of collective abuse and bigotry that women of color know their whole lives. I am sorry. It's not pity. Please don't think that. I know it's not enough but I hope it helps to know not everyone is hateful, bigotted. 💜
@mel9823
6 жыл бұрын
L. Poper we don’t been anymore apologies. We need y’all to let your peers who don’t see us as equals,even though we share the last names, how they treat us. Get them to understand that we don’t need sympathy and that we don’t tell our stories for likes and “reparations” alone. We want to be heard to show that we are more than a statistic and a “lucky to get out the hood” we are more than that.
@TheCaptainKim
5 жыл бұрын
@@mel9823 Don't be so damn rude when a good person sympathizes with you. And, too, don't be so damn bitter either. Get on with life, it's hard enough without the bitterness and the memories.
@mel9823
5 жыл бұрын
TheCaptainKim first of all, this was a whole year ago. Idk why you’re addressing me about this or in general cause I don’t know you. Second, I wasn’t being rude. I was being honest. We don’t need anymore apologies. It’s time to have actual discussion not “I’m sorry” cause that don’t change the state of what’s going on. Now go away.
@graciouslyblack2292
3 жыл бұрын
“Every time I meet a Black person with the last name Beattie/ Beaty...Every time I meet a white person with the last name Beattie/Beaty...” wow!
@Gemtree_25
6 жыл бұрын
Mhmmm
@MitigateOurRuin
8 ай бұрын
This is not the way. The history of slavery is awful, no doubt, but if we are to hyperfocus on superficial, meaningless characteristics between one another, we'll never move beyond racism. This will only embolden rage between us. You are a human. I am a human. End of discussion.
@Karamazov9
7 ай бұрын
Moving on requires making amends, America has done nothing to make amends, race is a social construct but racism is real and has material affects, ignoring it might make you more comfortable but it won’t bring liberation.
@Bigdriver1974
3 жыл бұрын
What is you fathers name
@czarenasmith3015
5 жыл бұрын
My last name is smith my dad is black. I know a white boy whose last name smith!😳
@alspeace
4 жыл бұрын
Ever met a White person who has the last name, WASHINGTON?
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