Colored Folks?
When I born, I black,
When I grow up, I black,
When I go in sun, I black,
When I cold, I black,
When I scared, I black,
When I sick, I black,
And when I die, I still black.
You white folks….
When you born, you pink,
When you grow up, you white,
When you go in sun, you red,
When you cold, you blue,
When you scared, you yellow,
When you sick, you green,
When you bruised, you purple,
And when you die, you gray!
So who you calling colored?
(unknown author)
on November 21, 2005 at 4:43 am
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when you can’t get job……….it’s cause you black
when you drive with seat all the way back………you black
when you talk out loud at movie theater ………….you black
when you kill another person…..you (and) them is black
when latino’s outnumber you in usa soon…..you fucked!
on November 30, 2005 at 6:42 pm
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ur pretty freakin crazy
u crazy bastard
on March 7, 2006 at 12:50 am
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I’m disappointed in the 2 weak responses, because the poem itself is good. I guess because in the spectrum of color black is the equivalent of all color combined and white is the absence of color.
Black and White, dark to light, eyes of coal to sky blue.
Hair of wool tightly woven curls, hair of twine straight coarse and fine.
Skin soft flawless and perfect, tones of red, gold and yellow.
Features distinct to defined, sharp and prominent, proud and beautiful.
In my blood flows the purity of the motherland, thru generations my color has changed but my blood has not. I am shades of black and I come in all colors including white.
I am African, American and European.
I am all these and more for I am the world. But it is my blackness that comforts me, gives me love, strength, compassion and tenderness, understanding and preservation.
I am recognized by my own, I am shades of black.
on August 2, 2006 at 1:08 am
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I like to poem. It makes sense. All about your perspective. How do you see yourself?
on July 2, 2008 at 12:11 am
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@VSC You have it mixed up. White is the equivalent of all color combined and black is the absence of color.
on August 14, 2008 at 4:39 pm
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IF Black were the absence of color, there would be no color . . . it would be unseen therefore, colorless. But Black is a color dominating any color it comes in contact with. White is also a color it is light, black is dark. This was learned in kindergarten.