In My Lifetime

In my lifetime we've come a long way in the USA I remember when the signs in the South read 'Whites only!' No 'Jews or N-word-types Allowed!' -- swear to God Cicero, IL was lily-white, as was my high school With no people of color, Poles and Italians did fight No blacks on TV, and the names were all Christianized Little wonder the sitcom humor seemed canned and homogenized Today is far different; we're a rainbow of colors We think nothing of whites walking next to black others We've had an African-American President and First Lady Senators and Congressmen from Somalia and Haiti The one drawback is this: With all of our newfound diversity It seems we're grinding our gears in the muck of perversity