“Black Kids Know What We Need. We Are Just Asking for Fuel.”

America’s National Youth Poet Laureate on why adults need to listen to young people

Pat Frazier
GEN
Published in
6 min readSep 12, 2018

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Illustration: Austin MacDonald

LLike most of the experiences from my childhood, I don’t remember where I was when I heard the song or the name of the song, but I know the lyrics and why they stuck with me:

I see you dreamin’

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Pat Frazier
GEN
Writer for

Filmmaker, Activist, National Youth Poet Laureate