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White White is discrimination As an idea, is retardation I have tried to be patient But we live in a world, of fools White is merely one color An adjective, for anoth’or No ONE, is inferior Until that someONE is acting, the fool Without all the facts to know someone new How can you judge what someone will do Or who they will be or where they come from Let’s all get along, all people as one So much has changed from the way that things were The seats on the bus, the crosses that burned The K.K.K., the Black Panthers, the blood All this hatred, should be, nipped in the bud It took a long time but we made it through Not all have changed but, those wrong are of few I hope for the best to now turn the page To never forget, but KNOW how we’ve changed A change for the better, then, three steps back Eight years in office, a leftist attack The past is now gone, so leave it ALONE Again, we’ll move on, as HUMANS, so prone All these words used in hate The ignorance, that taints A problem, not faint Do you mean what you say, when you say it As a word used before To ‘retard’, let’s explore If it’s used to deplore Do you know whom you hurt, when you say it May Martin Luther King, Rest In Peace Contest: What Is White? Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi 1/12/2018
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