Aja Monet, performed her poem "Weathering" on stage at the 2015 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, accompanied by Amari Tims.
Miss Haze, a runner up in the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam, gives an amazing performance here that is the perfect rebuttal to those sick of hearing about race and injustice. “I know, you are tired of hearing about this. What a privilege it is to be tired of hearing about it.”
2015’s New York City Youth Poet Laureate Crystal Valentine evaluates the idea of "black privilege" in a powerful poem performed during finals at the 2015 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
"Black privilege is a myth, a pun, a punch line. It's the time a teacher asks a little boy what he wanted to be when he grew up and he said 'Alive,'" the poet recites in an emotional performance.
Ariana Brown is an incredibly talented poet from Texas whose been wowing national audiences for years. In this video, she delivers "Invocation," an eloquent spoken word poem about hair, mixed race identity, growing up, and Blackness at the 2015 College Union Poetry Slam Invitational.
