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Absence of Color


i am black i am colored but i am the man in white. while everyone is judging each other by color i am the man in white. i am the absence the absence of color. let he without sin cast the first stone and i cast none. i cast no stone upon my brothers or sisters. i do not see color i have no color i am the man in white. i am black i am colored but i am the man in white. i hold no grudge toward white man or black yellow or red or brown. i am taunted with words words of hate from white men black men yellow red brown. people who don't even know me people who have never even bothered to know me lump me together with the undesirables. just because i am black. i am black i am colored but i am the man in white. i do not see color i have no color i am the man in white. and i deserve this ridicule i recieve every day from black men yellow red brown no more than a child oblivious to their own race deserves the same hatred from people who don't even know them. i am black i am colored but i am the man in white. i do not see color i have no color i am the man in white. and i am standing up to this racism this cruelty because it is not our color that matters it is the beauty of our souls.
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