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Racism is Alive an Well

April 28, 2014
By HereComesTheSunAndISay GOLD, Montclair, New Jersey
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Racism is not a disease one can simply wipe out with vaccinations,
It’s the idea that one can take away the pride of another's identification,
Degrade it, make it seem those with it must experience the realization,
Of possessing such a pigment which reflects more color is a humiliation,

How can one think it's been eliminated?
When it’s seem to only have procreated,
Adjusting with time through different adaptions,
To only appear as though it's finally faded.

© Andrew S., Milford, CT

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Racism is still out there, yet we seem to be blind to it
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