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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

zodiac 2-Nov-05/2:09 AM
Hey, ace accusation. No, wait - that's exactly what I've been saying since the beginning. What I've also been saying:

1) People who worry about defining race or whether definitions of race are "any good" are racist;

2) Even you can agree a perfectly good definition of race is "something racists are racist against". -=Dark_Angel=-,P.I.: "I'm racist against Cockneys". Do the math.

3) What the fuck is ANY definition of race "good" for? YOU: to make it easier for people to categorize things. ZODIAC: Any arbitrary category (ie, Things That Hurt When You Bite Them; Things That Rhyme With Poo) makes it easier for people to categorize things. The real question is, So the fuck what?

4) All of this is moot because you haven't retracted 'the black race is the most different from the white race.'




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