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3/5th's of You


Just because my skin tone is darker than yours I'm not equal to you. 

I'm not the same as you,  I'm only worth 3/5th's of you. Just because I'm darker than

you I am suddendly now your property, and I now belong to you. I'm losing blood and

tears because of you because I'm trying to prove that I'm equal to you. Your whip is

 now stained with my blood and every lash I take will leave a gash on my back that's

going to be a permanent scar. We are different on the exterior, and you're destroying my

exterior because I am inferior, because of your skin you are my superior, and in reality

we are all the same on the interior. I'm not good enough for you. I domyour dirty work because

you're cleaner than me and I'm closer to hell than you. I'm starved because of you because

I'm not good enough to eat proper food with you. I get your scraps that are not wanted, I'm

treated worse than a dog by you. Again I'm only worth 3/5th's of you , and I'm not even good

enough to be the dirt on the bottom of your shoe. Once we are different on the exterior,

and you're destroying my exterior because I am inferior, because of your skin you are

my superior, and in reality we are all the same on the interior.

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