Colorblind
I know what you’re thinking,
Why is this little white girl up here presenting a poem about race?
Well that’s just the problem
Too many people view the world this way
Always based on labels
Race happens to be one of the more obvious ones
When people see me, they think
White girl with curly brown hair and green eyes
What if I told them my grandmother was born in Michoacan, Mexico
And she and her family came into this country as immigrants
With less than 20 dollars in their pocket
But that doesn’t make a difference
Because that’s not what defines me
What defines me has nothing to do with my color
What defines me is colorblind
Just like a King once said
I look to a day when a person will not be judged by
the color of their skin
But by the content of their character
After all I’m so much more than just a white girl
with curly brown hair and green eyes
And I’m sure so many people have said the same thing I’m saying now
But, just like so many problems in conversation
We don’t listen to understand, we listen to respond
So let’s stop responding and start understanding
Let’s see people for what defines them
Because what defines me has nothing to do with my color
What defines me is
Colorblind
I like how your poem is different, I like how you gave a different definition of race.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of your poem! I really liked the part where you said "lets stop responding and start understanding"
ReplyDeleteGiorgina-i loved your poem i love how you show you don't have to be a certain color to talk about race.
ReplyDeleteI love how you showed people that the color of our skins shouldn't matter because we should be focusing on the character within each other. The color of our skin shouldn't define us. I like how you told people that just because you look white or have the skin tone of a white person that you more than that.
ReplyDeleteGreat Job!
I loved how you gave your own point of view on how people in this world act and how we treat each other based off of things we can only see instead of what we could learn about them.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you talked about how what people think you are but your really someone different. I also liked your poem was mainly about how we don't judge people because of how the are on the outside but who they are on the inside. All of this defines what it means to be colorblind, good job.
ReplyDeleteKhaleelah- I like how you told us that the color of our skin should not matter, because it is what is inside that counts.
ReplyDeleteI agree with when you said that people shouldn't be judged because of their race. More people in today's society need to understand that.
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Deletei liked how your poem was about different races and how you don"t care about the races because you are colorblind and don"t see people or judge people based on their color
ReplyDeletei liked your poem and how you went out and about on it. actually talks about people think of you as "a white girl with curly brown hair with green eyes". its very different and unique.
ReplyDeleteBraun-I loved how you wrote on what people think you are, instead of what you really are. This shows how much you really feel about your culture and identity.
ReplyDeleteDarryl- I really enjoyed hearing your poem and when you said you don't have to be a certain race to talk about race
ReplyDeleteI like how you included your ancestry. It was very interesting to hear from someone who is "white" and there take on the whole situation.
ReplyDeleteGood Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i liked how you put your ancestry into you poem, good job -julienne
ReplyDeleteI like the way you showed that you're more than just a white girl. I know how it feels to be judged on first sight, and it doesn't feel good, overall great poem.
ReplyDelete-Rashaad
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