Spoken word
A type of artistic performance where poets read their work aloud in front of an audience. Spoken word can encompass rap and music alongside words
Multiracial/Multiethnic
Possessing ancestry from multiple ethnic groups
Yearning
A deep desire for something or someone
Disenfranchised
If someone is disenfranchised it means they do not feel part of the system or feel like they are valued by or have a place in society
Narrator
The person who is telling the story or poem in a literary work