Stewart+Cierra

Cierra Stewart May 11, 2010

Other races That Are Not Accepted. Free Verse Inspired by Michael Jackson: They Don’t Really Care About Us. Back in The day, How They Would Do Things To Show Their Disrespect and Ignorance: · Police Brutality · Not Allowed in Certain Places · Called Names when Walking Down The Street · Stereotypes · If certain people who tried to help the situation were living, things would be different · Hate crimes · Genocide Races: · African American · Asian · Hispanic · European · Middle Eastern · Jewish American
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They don’t really care About us, Who we are As people As FREE people .. Of the world Some things in life I just don’t want to see It makes me sick To see And hear The things around the world, On the streets, And in our local schools.

What is going on? What HAS been going on? And what will be going on in Our future?

Has nothing changed?

Today, My foot can reach The floor inside of the local general store. But does that mean that the employees will stop following me? People staring .. I’m tired of being the victim of shame I’M the victim of police brutality I’M the victim of hate Kicking me Bashing me Trashing me You may beat me And hate me But you will never kill my pride You could rape me But you will NEVER kill my pride. So what has become of my life? I have a wife Kids And grandkids.

Are those the only people? Who love me?

Beat me Hit me Chew me up Spit me out Sue me till im down and without But you will NEVER Kill my pride Don’t you wrong or right me And Don’t You EVER EVER Black or white me I can’t believe this is the land where I came from With the people who said That they would help me Feed me Clothe me When needed. Pssht! Not one day goes by that I don’t look to God Look to heaven Waiting for Him to set me free From the hatred Disgust The immaturity Insecurity and Ignorance.

Am I invisible? You’re ignoring me Look deep Deep into my eyes Look No, Really look Do you see a difference between My eyes and yours? Hear my voice Really hear it Listen closely …. Do you hear anything? I mean besides the disgust? … Free liberty. HA! Free liberty. … Free liberty to whom? Certainly not me. Certainly not the ones who I love. For all of you, All of you .. That has EVER Placed me in a class with a bad name Shame Shame on you You will weep Karma is a female dog But I bet you don’t believe that do you? Roam around the streets at night Thinking that you’re such a good person Doing the right things. But I know one thing… … If Martin Luther King were living Would things be different? … Oh God, Here we go again.

If a lot of inspiring minorities Were alive today. Would anything stop? Of course not. Because Ignorant and Immature People

Will always think that they were doing the right thing And of course since that tragic day In 2001 Walking down the street You stop and stare Scared to death Clenching your belongings close to you Staring Disgustingly staring Hatefully staring Do you honestly think that they don’t notice? Notice your ignorance? Wearing a head dress automatically Means that you are one of “them” And if you practice What “they” practice You will NEVER Be accepted Allowed on airplanes. You would be stared at So coldly, That you feel uncomfortable with yourself You loose yourself All confidence.

No matter what Americans call you … AT ALL TIMES ALWAYS Keep your head held high Brush those vile IGNORANT Words off your shoulders Push that dark fog of misunderstandings out of your path.

Love who you are And where you have come from Where your ancestors have come from.

When those CHILDLIKE ANIMALS Known as Americans

Identify you with something that AMERICANS don’t accept Be lucky that you are not like The Americans.

Free country HA! No race is free in America From the repulsive sayings The stomach-turning actions. Be proud to be known as an Amazing African Enchanting European Magnificent Middle Eastern Astonishing Asian Lovely Latino Eye- Catching Canadian Astounding Australian And an Incredible Indian

Because who really wants to be Apart of half of the Americans Who are Awful Atrocious Animal-Like Abominable and Annoying?

Because trust me … Being apart of that group of those Americans Is nothing special.

What “they” don’t realize is that Everyone placed on Planet Earth is considered A human being. A population.

Most of our population Won’t recognize that Not everyone is the same, Being different than the rest IS something Special.