COLOR BLIND: The Politics of Skin Pigments

	Who says I am not black 
	just because this skin seems white?

	I've been black and yellow 
	and blue and green many lives.

	Judging others by skin color 
	is a big mistake.
	The outer veil is a facade 
	that peels into thousands of dermal flakes.

	This flesh is dead already.
	The question is, "How much are you alive?"

	Are you living in this moment without preconceptions
	or a slave to past prejudice and lies?

	Can you strip folks of labels 
	and notice how their bones lie?

	Can you look straight at others 
	without temptations to hide?

	Put fire to your vision!
	Burn past pretense and shame!

	Notice the spirit moving through creation 
	as each thing heads towards cremation:
	Indomitable, 
	and transcending all flame!


Nadia:  (shaking her head) This pisses me off – the guy treats race too glibly.

Will:    No. He merely acknowledges that he's more. No single part of our existence 
         explains the whole.

Kasim:   (sarcastically) That's bullshit. Deep down, folks are simple. We build up layers 
         of complexity just to protect ourselves. 

Will:    Who knows? Maybe we're simple in some ways, yet complex in others.

Kasim:   Anyway, it freaks me out if white people use ebonic.

Nadia:   Why not? We're in a blender together and influenced by all the stuff around us.

Wan-Sze: (half in jest) Do you think we will end up as smoothies?

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from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields
Summary:  Some thoughts about race relations and stereotypes
Keywords: racial stereotyping, race politics, pigmentation and prejudice, ebonic awareness


Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 2004 in Tokyo, Japan  ☆ Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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