Equation For Indifference
When you're constantly branded a racist
because you're a white male
you tend to stop listening
when you're constantly labeled privileged
(though they've never seen you leave for work at 2:30am
nor the callous on your hands)
you tend to listen even less.
When I'm told I was born with a silver spoon
tell that to my father who was as poor as a desert loon.
and by the way my white ancestors never owned a slave
and even if they had that wouldn't make me a racist,
I have my own mind and I would hope that you do you.
Having a difference of opinion
doesn't automatically qualify me as a racist...
so, you must say it in reflex to my white skin
That in itself is the purist form of racism
You only think about the color of my white skin
then stamp on me your hateful labels.
That is why my will to listen to you is fading.
You're nothing but a race baiter.
you've stopped listening
you suffocate dialogue.
Love and empathy is being overtaken
by indifference and a darker shade of hate.
Copyright © Anthony Biaanco | Year Posted 2020
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