BLACK AND WHITE

I am giving below a poem I received through e-mail from my friend Sri.senthil Kumar. It reflects the effect of discrimination on tender hearts. This is thought provoking.

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*This poem was nominated for best poem of 2005 written by an African child*:

*When i was born, i black *

*when i grow up, i black *

*when i go in sun, i black *

*when i scared, i black *

*when i sick, i black *

*& when i die, i still black*

*& you white fella.. *

*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 die, you gray

& you calling me colored??*

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