hmm ..
interesting indeed ..
to know something that is not too common of a phrase
(for cowardice) ..
kind of let's one think .. hmm .. is this really a child's thoughts (or more of what was 'learned')?
Now I beg to differ ..
in death .. everyone returns to the dust from whence they came ..
Best poem?
seems to me .. there should have been other choices instead ..
(this really isn't what I'd consider good poetry .. )
This poem was written by an african child? Voted best poem in 2005.
Welshtaff
2012/06/22 00:18:49
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 and when i die i still black.
And you white people when you born u 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, and when you die you gray and you call me coloured!
And you white people when you born u 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, and when you die you gray and you call me coloured!
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sglmom 2012/06/22 00:54:45
"“When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you... when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're blue, when you die you're green and you dare call me colored”
― Malcolm X"
interesting indeed ..
to know something that is not too common of a phrase
(for cowardice) ..
kind of let's one think .. hmm .. is this really a child's thoughts (or more of what was 'learned')?
Now I beg to differ ..
in death .. everyone returns to the dust from whence they came ..
Best poem?
seems to me .. there should have been other choices instead ..
(this really isn't what I'd consider good poetry .. )
“When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you... when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're blue, when you die you're green and you dare call me colored”
― Malcolm X
“When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you... when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're blue, when you die you're green and you dare call me colored”
― Malcolm X