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March 17, 2013
By LaraN BRONZE, Glendale, Arizona
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Have you ever been discriminated?
Or maybe waited
For someone to talk to you, but faded?
Well, have you ever felt that your wrong?
You knew it all along
Committed suicide because you can’t continue on?
You go to school everyday
But no one talks to you anyway
Not even “hey José.”
So you wait till you collapse
Mean while you stand in Front of your class and rap
Some people even stand up and clap.
You’ve never been so happy in your life
So you go home and throw away that knife
And suddenly you see your wife.
You wake up and realize it’s just a dream
Where once people weren’t that mean
It was a good life that will never be seen.

© Jessica P., Bethel Park, PA

The author's comments:
I hope people will get an understanding that discrimination and racism is still around and some people even get discriminated just because they are middle eastern, or from a different country. I hope the world will stop this soon.
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