Last night the strangest thing happened. Two Martians landed in my back yard and asked me to describe America to them.
That said, “We believe the only true way to understand a civilization or society is to ask those at the bottom.”
"I’m not at the bottom–I’m middle class" as all Americans love to say–but then I realized what they really meant.
“ Being a person of color, due to the melanin in my skin, American is a gray area to me. I am never sure how my day will go because I am not viewed or treated as a full citizen.
In the Constitution, my people were written in as fraction of a whole person–three-fifths to be exact. Being a minority, freedom is only an idea.”
Emmett Till Murder
Never Go Back South
Or To Neighborhoods "You Don't Belong In"
Murders Will Get Off On Bail
Never Go Anyway. It's Not Safe
(The cops were acquitted of all charges.)
America Is A Contradiction
No comments:
Post a Comment