Because of Color of Skin

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    Because of Color of Skin

    Because of Color of Skin

    America was going along with blinders on
    Thinking that the cancer of racism was gone
    Wasn’t interracial dating and marriage on the rise?
    We thought as we looked at the world through denial’s eyes

    Sure there were pockets of racist events here and there
    But many believed there was nothing to fear
    For the most part every one had accepted the fact
    The Jim Crow era was over and America wouldn’t go back

    But that was before we started losing jobs overseas and off shore
    And illegal aliens started showing up more and more
    Working for much less than any American would
    Or for that matter could or should

    Rabble rousers for their own power gain
    Took advantage of blue collar pain
    Telling them one ethnicity or other
    Was the cause of this new millennium bother?

    And racists awakened that were long asleep
    With the separatist venom in their keep
    That they’d saved for just such a day
    To spew forth in a more subtle yet angry way

    Like symbolic nooses on a campus tree
    And sound bites merged to make a preacher look racist on TV
    And the politically correct still pretend we live in a utopia
    As false as the precept there’s none starving in Ethiopia

    And for those who think racism is a thing of the past
    It’s time to pull your head out of you’re a__
    And repent and ask forgiveness for the sin
    Of denying anyone opportunity because of color of skin

    H. Wilson





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    Bev750 commented on Because of Color of Skin

    10-07-2009

    We have seen this all to vivid in our past. As of today it still stands, we may try to sweep it under the rug in order of not facing reality. When people are narrow minded and not wanting a change, are the one with the problem. By them wanting things to stay as they are, will get lost in time, because the earth continue to evolve. I like Poem. Well written.

    LindasLife commented on Because of Color of Skin

    09-30-2009

    Wonderful true message in a poem.Thank you for sharing.

    cynthiakehl commented on Because of Color of Skin

    05-15-2009

    wow! the truth is spoken..we need more souls like yours!

    JadedJezzabel commented on Because of Color of Skin

    04-26-2009

    Bravo!!!!! one of the best poems i have ever had the privledge to read. and yes i'm a white girl.....write on !!!!! 10

    BluesPreacher commented on Because of Color of Skin

    02-17-2009

    Beautifully written and well said.

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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