Comments on: Colored Folks?

By: Bun B

Bun B — Wed, 07 May 2014 19:04:21 +0000

Don’t stop jigga jigga..
The white man calls me nigga..
I’s don’t care cuz I rents to own..
Even tho I don’t own mys home..
I gots a pimp ride..sittin sideways..
Smokes my blunts in a cloud of hayes..
Move into your white hood..
Ya’ll pack up and moves for good..
Why ya’lls fear the colored man..
Lay ou in the sun whitey and gets yo tan..
Kill the white man…C-I-L-L tha white man.

By: Peter E

Peter E — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:13:15 +0000

I too was fired from my family-owned business. My father, a colored sympathizer, was not amused and missed the entire point. Poems like this should not be censored. I recall a certain movement that was high on censorship, they were know to most as Nazis.

By: Rita

Rita — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:21:25 +0000

Just a thank you for having this up. I remembered having read it years ago and wanted to share it with my online friends. The ironic truth in this piece continues to stand the test of time.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:21:05 +0000

I remember learning about this poem in English class in high school. I found it very witty and ironic, as I’m sure it was meant to be, and carried it around for at least a week to show my family and people at my church, all who seemed to enjoy it as well. From my understanding, it was written by a black man either during the time of slavery or at least during a time of segregation. I’m glad it was recorded and has survived this long.

By: thomas

thomas — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:09:14 +0000

I am sorry to hear that. I am not the author of the poem. Who ever fired you because of showing this poem got it all wrong!

By: John Thomas

John Thomas — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:10:14 +0000

I got fired monday for showing colored folks.

By: ...

... — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:29:47 +0000

Kinder, Nihat, VSC, Black PIGMENT is the mix of all color PIGMENTS. Black ‘LIGHT’ is the absense of all colors of LIGHT. Black is the absense of color, because it is the absense of light, which appears as black (turn off the lights at night, and you’ll see). Pigments absorb all light other than the color they reflect, therefore, when all color pigments are combined, there is no light reflected. White, on the other hand, reflects all colors of light, therefore, it is not a pigment. Black is technically the absense of color, as it is what we see when there is no light, which is what color is.

By: Kinder

Kinder — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:39:04 +0000

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.

By: Nihat Routsong

Nihat Routsong — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:11:29 +0000

@VSC You have it mixed up. White is the equivalent of all color combined and black is the absence of color.

By: anna

anna — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:08:51 +0000

I like to poem. It makes sense. All about your perspective. How do you see yourself?