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You Don't Look Jewish


I'm Jewish

I meet by stares and blank faces

The faces are always the  same

Your the first black jew i have meet they say

But what they really mean is you don' t look Jewish 

I wonder what does Jewish look like

Should I look like Woody Allen , Natalie Portman , or Barbra Streisand 

Wait all those people are white 

Does my brown skin , and curly hair make me non jewish

Should I wear the star of david for you

Even I do wear it would you stare me and wonder is she JEWISH

Or is she wearing it for fashion

I'm not Jewish because I don't fit your stanadard of what Jewish is 

 

 

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