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The Riddle

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

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White men’s children spread over the earth⁠— A rainbow suspending the drawn swords of birth, Uniting and blending the races in one The world man⁠—cosmopolite⁠—everyman’s son!
He channels the stream of the red blood and blue, Behold him! A Triton⁠—the peer of the two; Unriddle this riddle of “outside in” White men’s children in black men’s skin.

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