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A State of Mind

Every time I switch on the news I hear that man shouting all kinds of abuse. On Twitter he's a fool chatting all kinds of drool. Well look a bit closer at your white privellaged life. Scapegoating people of colour. Gays, Muslim and Mexicans too. You say lets make America great again. When in fact nothing great has changed. More deaths mass shootings and a rise in the far right. What comes out that mouth is a load of e. Your hypocrisy makes me laugh. Your treatment of women your misogyny plane to see. You say lets make America 'white' again well it never was from the start. You somehow forget about the indigenous people. Your an immigrant too so show some compassion. Next time you open your mouth think before you do You white privellaged fool.

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Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/30/2019 3:42:00 PM

- A nauseous clown he is, Yasmin :) - In my opinion he should never open his mouth ... Extra powerful super glue ... should help :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Silent One

Date: 8/24/2019 4:48:00 PM

Powerful poem and so true.. .too many still do not understand what white privilege even means....

S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri

Date: 8/24/2019 11:46:00 AM

Wooh hooh a strong rant oh my!! You are so right Americans snatched the land from the red indians so they shouldn't force anyone to be deported. It wouldn't be fair. Even Australia was the land of the aborigines then whites took over. So it's bad when they act like this. But a lot of whites don't support the Muslim ban and other racial profiling so lets appreciate them. Kudos for your ability to rant so poetically. Pls pleez do comment my newest poem too.

Yasmin Ilahi
Date: 8/24/2019 11:58:00 AM

When I talk about white privileged it’s not coming from a bad place I’m half white myself. Of course their are many great lovely white individuals my mother is one of them. I’m talking about how as people of colour our experiences are so different and a white person will never understand what it feels like to be hated like that.