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tagged with derogatory names such of her heritage. In addition, l love father from Ireland who took us all
as Negroes, bastards, nincompoops, my kinky hair to bits and even if in and made us feel like we deserve
bloody kaffirs and the list goes on. they say l have a flat nose without a shot at life. This is the same way
Nevertheless, what hurts the most a bridge, that will not change how people should treat each other with
is when as blacks we practice racial l view myself. In fact, some even love and kindness whilst reveling in
discrimination towards our other call it black beauty. The problem our differences. Undoubtedly, we are
brothers and sisters. In particular, a only starts when you start listening different in our own good way when
certain light skinned guy that l know to what other people say about you it comes to skin color.
of once called me “black girl” just because according to human rights
because he has Lebanese parents. we all have the civil liberties despite This is a poem I wrote:
Also, this madness does not just our skin color. Racial Discrimination
end there, for we again discriminate The color of one’s skin doesn’t
those people living with albinism Equally, there are some white people matter
too. Thus, this is alarming and quite who are dispelling this racial dis- We are all in this together for the
upsetting when we do not practice crimination talk by marrying black better
what we preach as black people. people. All in all, these white people One big family cohabiting to the
Instead of calling each other names, are proving that love will conquer letter
we must work together to make the world and not racial discrimi-
earth a better place to live. nation. Prince Harry and Meghan Racial discrimination should be a
Markle are at the fore front of mak- thing of the past
My dad would recount to me that ing people aware of racial discrimi- Like rust, it should be dealt with in
before Zimbabwe attained its in- nation. They are a good example of haste
dependence, they were not allowed an interracial couple just like Serena It’s continual occurrence in our lives
to be seen with the white farmers’ Williams and her husband. One is so annoying like a pest
children because that would either should love freely without being giv-
warrant a severe beating of your life en ultimatums neither should you be Humanity is defined by different
or sometimes, when worse came called derogatory names over your races
to worst, death. Henceforth, there skin color. Life is a gift from God We are all beautiful with our differ-
are so many accounts where people and should be treasured, because we ent cases
have gone through this third degree are passersby on this earth. Hence- Weren’t we all created in the image
from other races that see themselves forth, for the time that has been of God, our faces?
as above us all yet in God’s eyes we availed to us, we must not be made
are created in his image. Lucidly, it to feel small, as if we are nonenti- Color isn’t anything to go by in this
is just a mere lack of good judge- ties, for we all are equals regardless lifetime
ment to be up in arms with other of gender or race. It’s high time we ring the chimes
racists who look down upon other Reality should sink in, Blue, Black,
races. Indeed, that kind of mentality The moment we all take this doc- Brown or White we should have no
will be the death of this world. As trine to heart then we shall live a qualms
we are battling with the dreadful happy ever after existence. Adding
Covid-19 global pandemic, this to that, love yourself first before Different in our own way
respiratory disease is not selecting looking for approval from the next Racial discrimination should be
that blacks will succumb to it whilst person of a different race. Actually, abolished hey
the rest of the races go scot-free it is quite liberating to know that you Common sense requires we act as
as they are immune to it. Instead, can go anywhere without any fear adults, okay
we all are in danger proving there of prejudice or victimization. Other
is nothing special about a particular tourist destinations in many coun- Racial discrimination is based on
race. This is why there are different tries do not garner a lot of support what really?
shades of gray, likewise with races. and visitors because of lodged racial Or they are just excuses to mistreat
In a way, this is why black people discrimination allegations. Accord- others, silly
have been referred to as people of ing to me, what matters most is the We call upon everyone to act in
color so as to put it nicely. Whatever good heart of somebody and not defense of these unscrupulous be-
may be the case, personally l am a their skin color. At our Roman havior by these fillies
young black woman who is proud Catholic church we had a white

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