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A Letter to my Caucasian Brother
You’ve stripped me of my heritage, yet you smile in my face.
You’ve brought me to your continent to be your slave.
You talk about justice, tell me what? Just what do you know.
You go along thinking that our lives are not the same.
We both were created in God’s image,
so what gives you the right to blame?
Should I bow down my head in shame to please another because he feels we are not the same?
True, we have differences but when we get to the point,
we are all human, whether you belive that or not.
I watched my brothers confused and all alone,
trying to find answers to the questions in their heart.
Questions like:
“Why should I be lessen by the color of my skin?”
Why should I take the back seat because I’m African?”
Who gave me this inferiority?
Who took away my trust?
Who said that my brain doesn’t function in the same manner as theirs?
Tell me… who took away my right to be a man,
the right to feel self pride when I look in the eyes of another man?
I don’t won’t to sound prejudiced,
I don’t fault you for where I stand,
but until we come to common grounds,
How can I trust you?
How can I understand?
Before I leave this world, I’d truly like to see
sisters and brothers from all walks of life sit together more comfortably.
If I could turn back the hands of time and see the look upon my ancestors’ face,
I’ll give my live in the fight to save this human race.
Knowing that I can’t live in their time and that we could never go back,
I’ll live my life so I can help just where I am at.
You say that the past is dead and gone, but when I reminisce I can’t forget.
You tell me to look to the future and stop bringing up the past.
I say, it’s time for you to reach out and help to heal hurts from before, transcend the pain.
Don’t be afraid to talk about it from one to the other.
Teach this generation just how Africans came above the struggle.
If we put it into perspective from where America came,
then the race of a new generation won’t be run in vain.
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Sunday, August 8th 2010 at 3:31PM
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