Building Black Disability Culture – By Leroy Moore

More than oppression
More than discrimination
Played into separation
Its time to free our minds

Reclaiming
Kripping
Blackening
Connecting

Starting with 101
I wrote the book, Black Disabled Art History 101
When can we go beyond 101?
Black disabled culture is more than a number

More than oppression
More than discrimination
Played into separation
Its time to free our minds

Reclaiming
Kripping
Blackening
Connecting

From an I story
To a we history
Locally to internationally
Finding our ancestors who created entertainment industry

Like a rose between concrete
We grew through cracks between oppression
Overcoming is not a reality
Need more Black disabled radicalization

Building Black Disability Culture

More than oppression
More than discrimination
Played into separation
Its time to free our minds

Reclaiming
Kripping
Blackening
Connecting

Starting with 101
I wrote the book, Black Disabled Art History 101
When can we go beyond 101?
Black disabled culture is more than a number

More than oppression
More than discrimination
Played into separation
Its time to free our minds

I wrote the book, Black Disabled Ancestors
To get to know our Black disabled brothers and sisters
We have been here before
To your mind, open the door

Krip linguistics in the Black experience
From Black sign language
To Krip-Hop terminology
More than pedagogy

No shame in our game
We are not to be blame
More like Black ableism
Inside the Black community

Black Ph.D’s
Still clueless about Black disabled history
I see the separation in the academy
As an older student getting my Ph.D.

If we build it
Then people will come
The sum of it
Need to go inward to bring Black disabled culture outward

To erase the taboo
With Black blind Blues
To mix it with a Krip-Hop beat
To bring crutches, canes, wheels and feet

To make sure building Black disabled culture will continue