Challenge
July Drabble Challenge: MURRICA
Tell me a story tied to the USA in exactly 100 words. Winning entry will be selected by me and will be a prose, not poetry, submission. Wow me with your lean, mean, American tale in honor of the Fourth of July. Take it in a patriotic direction, an ironic spin, tell a war story, or examine the modern United States with a critical eye (or all of the above). Tie in to the theme in any creative storytelling way you can. I'll read and judge the entries in early August.
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least we forget
In a third-grade classroom, a black child sits, eyes wide. The history lesson a video. Images flash on the screen— dark skin, stripped of dignity, sold as mere chattel. His classmates fidget, dreaming of the carefree day off to come, celebrating America's 247th birthday. Yet, as the video delves deeper into the struggle for Negro voting rights of 1965- just 58 years ago; silence befalls him. His gaze absorbs the weight of history's burden. The white board had the word 'inclusion' with the American flag on one side, the rainbow striped on the other. He only sees himself on screen.