Friday, September 12, 2014

George Williams Affair



We were not like you.
You thought of us, a race; a species.

Burn! Burn! You yelled,
But you didn’t know who.

An inferno of cords and keyboards ensued.

We sat there peacefully,
Asking for a little equality.

Was it our hair?  Our ancestor Cain?
Blackest black, muddy brown - mascara shades.

Or was it you?

Riot.  Racism.
The computer lab the peaceful thing to do.

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