Syera Plitt

Am I racist

For saying that

You don’t get me

Because I’m black?

But it's a fact

You are not black, and I am.

You get offended when I make “black jokes” you don’t get

Well you don’t get them because you aren’t me

You don’t see what I see

What doesn’t happen to you happened to me and my family

Did you know I’m only five generations out of slavery

And my dad is four, and never before

Did I think how close that was

You act like it’s a crime that you aren’t included

But have you been black and for that be excluded

Segregated and Secluded

Even though we are in the 2017

You would think that 5th graders would know better

You would assume that they know words can hurt

But mom raised me to be strong and to always move on

But still, words made me feel like dirt

So I DON’T GIVE A FUCK  

If you don’t get my jokes, my innuendos that don’t include you

Because it’s not like you’ve been bullied for skin color and curly hair

You are so unaware

Your privileged and you don’t care

Everythings always about you.  

And you have the nerve to spread rumors about me

Because YOU disagree?

With ME?

Sweetheart.  Honey.  You are not all that.

You have to stop the act

Like you understand what it means to be black.

Because you aren’t, you’re white, and there's nothing wrong with that.

But to say I’m racist, because you don’t understand

Is to say because you are white you have the upperhand

And if you don't understand what I say

“Then HEY!

That’s discrimination

And that’s not okay in this nation”

Even though you ancestors enslaved mine

It’s wrong for ME to speak my mind

Because you and I are different

And this is just one white girl I have encountered

Not saying that all white people are like this

My mother is white

She’s alright

In fact she’s in love with a black man   

And nonna is white

She’s got a lot of fight

When she was my age she marched with Martin Luther King Jr.

But I see eyes that stare

At my pigment and my hair

And judge me for being me

So I don’t need your comments

And I don’t want to fit in your standard

Because for years black people have been slandered

Including myself

But you don’t see me complain.

Am I Racist?