Week 17 Reading Notes Part B: The Salve Trade

First, I read the title as "The SLAVE Trade' - it is SALVE... if I hadn't decided to listen to the audio of the poem, I would have continued to read it as slave trade and never known anything different. So what does "salve trade" mean??
 I am still confused. I don't like the stereotypical assumption that it is supposed to be "slave trade", especially since I am not sure of the meaning of the poem. 

I do get the lines:

"the big fat women and the heliocopters they bring

helicopter moms who can't separate themselves from the kids. They hover over their children to ensure they are safe - but extreme. 

with them to watch them and their kids. whole long-

ass sheets of improper names. we refused to act right

stereotypically, there are many African-American names that are spelled seemingly incorrect or extravagantly.  

at the hospital and I was right with ’em. at the wrong time"  (Moten).