
<p class="has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color wp-block-paragraph">Today&#8217;s Poetry Pick is by Jared Paul.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There&#8217;s a constant narrative that predominately Black neighborhoods are the &#8220;hood&#8221; or the &#8220;ghetto&#8221;. Rarely do we hear about white low-income neighborhoods being referred to in the same manner. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This poem gives a little insight into how both worlds are hardly any different. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:15px;">Check it out:</p>
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Poetry Pick: ‘When I Say That I Came Up Poor’
