Peculiar Evolution

"A word used to exclude is now exclusively used by the excluded, and with it, excluding it's original excluders, who use the slang to now gain inclusion into the group in which that group wanted to be removed from." - Dahlak Brathwaite

Man ... I love me some Dahlak. The title of this poem is the title of the post, A Peculiar Evolution, and it's about the evolution of the word nigga. This poem right is soo conscious. He came off so real with this poem and there were just too many good quotes to choose from this time around. I probably would have ended up typing the entire poem. He is so gifted, and did I mention fine? The man is FINE. He is another one of my favorite poets.