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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