Thursday, September 22, 2011

white people black people don't like

white people who hate black people
white people who like black people too much
white people who think they’re black
white people who are glad they’re white
white people who want to be black
white people who don’t want to be black
white people who adopt black babies
white people who refuse to adopt black babies
white women who date black men
white women who won’t date black men
white men who marry black women
white men who won’t marry black women
white people who won’t hire black people
white people who are the boss of black people
white people who fire black people
white people who refuse to fire people cause they’re black

white people who love jazz, soul, hip-hop, funk, rap or blues
white people who don’t understand jazz, soul, hip-hop, funk, rap or blues
white musicians who don’t play jazz, soul, hip-hop, funk, rap or blues
white musicians who only play jazz, soul, hip-hop, funk, rap or blues
white people who think they can dance
white people who think all black people can dance
white people who can’t dance
dancing white people


white presidents of the united states of america
black presidents of the united states of america who act like
white presidents of the united states of america

white people who think africa is a country
white people who’ve never been to a black country
white tourists in black countries

white people with black best friends
white people who only have white friends
white people who don’t know any black people
white people with too many black friends

white people who just don’t want to know about black people
white people who are all up in black people’s business

white people who won’t vote for black people
white people who vote for someone just because they’re black

white people who don’t feel guilty about being white
white people who feel guilty just because they’re white

white people who think all black people can sing
white people who think they can sing even though they’re white

white people who are afraid of black people
white people who aren’t afraid of black people
white people who think black people are afraid of them
scary white people
white people who are too nice
white people who think black people don’t like white people
white people who think black people love all other black people
white people who think black people hate each other
white people who only love other white people
white people who just love black people
white people who hate on each other all the time

white christians
white people who try to make black people into christians
white people who don’t care enough about black people to try to make them into christians
white people who dig non-white religions

white people who think black people don’t talk proper english
white people who use black ghetto slang
like ‘sup, boo and brother

white people who think black people are all funny
white people who think black people are too serious
serious white people

white people
without a seriously black
sense of humour

6 comments:

  1. dang why are you hating on me...smiles.

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  2. So pretty much all of us? I don't know, I get racism, but still it really eats at my soul, from all sides I'm sad to say.

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  3. The poem is saying that the nature of racism is that nobody can escape it. It's a comment on how ludicrous the whole thing is,

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  4. I like it, I think what it is saying is 'be yourself', nobody likes people who try too hard (I don't think this comment is grammatically correct, but I don't want to appear like a tryhard!) And, as always miss Maxine you've captured the lot, so eloquently, I could go 10 rounds with Ali and not feel as shaken.

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