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circa mid/late-2003

circa mid-2003

Through ages man moved exactly the same way as any other natural being.  

I wrote this poem for the confused people who are drowning in denial.

Not one of my better poems

Racism is far from dead.  There are subtle ways in which it rears its head: a woman holds onto her purse a little tighter when she passes a Black man, police eye Blacks and Hispanics a little more closely than they do Whites, television shows on prime time feature White people almost exclusively, and the list goes on.  It is also very easy for us who live a privileged life to condemn and scorn someone for doing something desperate like sticking up a bank, without considering the circumstances which may have led to it.  It is important to question an unjust system and strive for a better world for EVERYONE, not just those who can afford it.

Inspired from a talk I had with a friend, I felt the need to get The Message out.  Alot of us men are not willing to talk to each other because we feel each man is a threat to the next.  We are always competing with each other.  Just be yourself.

This poem goes to 'People Of Different Ethnicity'.