In the In Between

Black and White. White and Black. Black. White. Grey.

 

No matter what, their racism lives on much deeper than they say.

Anger and hatred for no reason faster than a highway

 

Free speech unless it offends me. Let me exercise my first amendment right to stand up for what I believe in but get offended when you kneel.

Falling into the same trap, I declare no. I refuse to let my skin color determine how I feel.

 

I am a white woman. One strike against me, but for some the interchangeable word of color makes two strikes.

Oh silly liberal, grab a gun and shush your pretty little mouth. Obviously, they know not much what I am truly like.

 

I see grey, nothing truly all the way. I see a world in which I am privelledly oppressed.

Sadly, I may be slightly obsessed and depressed.

 

Trying to pinpoint the moment in which I ran upstream.

Rather, I only remember the battle against the conventional, making me want to scream

 

My mother says, “Recognize the culture and see the differences, appreciate them, don’t ignore them and create a false illusion.”

We are not all one color for a reason. We are not to see each other as all white, but rather all as human.

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My community
Our world
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