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Racism (Free verse) by Dovina

When a tiger's ripped your arm off and six have opened your belly head and heart all wounds now old and scarred then anything looking like a tiger makes you wary to say the least I am not a tiger as you suspect but only look that way an appearance I cannot change and you could know it too if you'd let me have some time But you cannot allow the risk and I will not pursue So warily we eye each other til someone makes a move

ALChemy 1-Nov-05/8:45 AM
That's all nice and Fiona Apple of you but as long as mankind can differentiate between things (especially animals) than race at some level will be considered into identification. You sound like the priest in the story who thinks he's not racist until a man beats him or rapes his wife or kidnaps his children, then has to describe the man and the first thing he tells the police is he's black. (albeit in the story he uses an old southern bastardized version of the spanish word for black) I dare you to say that you never described anyone as black, latin, middle eastern etc. based solely on exterior traits. No? Then include yourself among mankind and our meatheaded standard.




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