On Xenophobia

Indoctrinated racism is, and always has been, the greatest impediment to achieving true equality - it must stop! “Can I go sit with Eli, Mom...he and I are buddies...which is because, as you well know...both of us are nerds? We’re tryin’ to write a song, ya’ know, and Eli’s great with music...and just like uncle Edgar...I’m a superstar with words. “I really need to chat with him...he thinks he’s got the tune, and whether that’s an ethnic thing or something that he’s learned, We’ve become the best of friends, and, Mom...it breaks my heart to sit and watch a kid as nice as Eli being spurned! “Our school, of course, is mostly white - near 99% - and I may be the closest friend he’s got that isn’t black... So I take every chance I get to prove that I’m not prejudiced - which aggravates the few that are --- but I can take the flak! “The piece that we’re composing, if I haven’t filled you in, deals with ugly issues that minorities confront Virtually every single day when racist interdictions block the paths to that for which the disenfranchised hunt. “HOW...when countless millions have accepted foreign cultures...integrated seamlessly with those from other lands... Can xenophobic bigots fail to comprehend a “truth” that any child who’s spared indoctrination understands? “It’s time to pull your heads out, people...time to set things right...and verify your children aren’t coerced to - stick theirs in, ‘Cause every decent person knows there's no excuse at all for persecuting people for the color of their skin.” BTW - I've now got 4 new Audio-CDs - @ 4 1/2 hours each = 62 diversely varied pieces. They’re listed on EBAY - under - “Mark Stellinga Poetry” - or available by simply contacting me at -- mark@writerofbooks.com -- should those of you who enjoy listening to poems as well as reading them - and particularly those of you that travel - care to be so entertained. (We use safe and simple - PayPal) There are also several of my pieces on YouTube --- Cheers, Mark