Jude Jones
2 min readSep 26, 2020

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MANIFESTO

(This was written on 9/25/2015; this is applicable for eternity.)

I love dark skinned Black people. I love light skinned Black people. I love brown skinned Black people (raises brown skinned fist; we get no love). I love natural haired Black people. I love Black people with blond weaves. I love Black people who dye their hair purple. I love Black people with dark brown eyes. I love Black people with hazel eyes. I love Black people who still wear blue contacts.

I love Black teenagers too self absorbed to recognize how much the world fears them. I love Black teenagers too self absorbed to care.

I love Black women. I love Black men. I love Black transgendered men and women. I love gay Black people. I love straight black people. I love Black people who haven’t figured it out yet. I love Black people who don’t think there’s anything to figure out.

I love Black people who’ve had abortions. I love Black people who would never consider having an abortion. I love Black conservatives. I love Black liberals. I love Black people who don’t give two shits. I love Black people who don’t love Black people. I love Black people who don’t know they’re Black. I love Black people who don’t date Black people. I love Black love.

I love bourgeois Black people. I love grassroots Black people. love Black gentrifiers. I love Black people who fight…

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Jude Jones
Jude Jones

Written by Jude Jones

Go ask my pre-school, even talk to my old principal / He’d tell you how you I used to pack a number two pencil

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