<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=432688" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Affirmative Action</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am not upset, <br>Because they seem to apply quotas... <br>To my existence.<br>But the monthly statistics, <br>And the cameramen in the backyard...<br>Filming my every move, <br>Can be overwhelming.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's not that I am against affirmative action.<br>It is the way it is done, <br>That has me believing I 'am' different than everyone.<br>And watched too closely! <br>On a daily basis.<br>And used to remind them of their superiority.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They claim they don't know enough about me.<br>I guess they are referring to my skin color.<br>And how that affords me all of the attention I get! <br>As if that has anything to do with me being so loved? <br>Envy has a way of producing conflict.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One thing is for sure...<br>I am not rolling my eyes at the people on beach, <br>Who already have my skin color.<br>Nor am I trying to get darker...<br>To look good or more healthy! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They've been trying to re-create that, <br>In their laboratories.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sick are those demented, <br>Who weave these insecurities...<br>Sick are those who expose their wickedness, <br>And sit back to enjoy those of color bleed! <br>And sick becomes a greatness believed...<br>That sinks in obscurity! <br>Left crazed to defend...<br>An offensiveness felt, <br>That angers one of a different colored skin! <br>Or lack thereof.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=432688" data-title="Affirmative Action de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I am not upset, Because they seem to apply quotas... To my existence. But the monthly statistics, And the cameramen in the backyard... Filming my every move, Can be overwhelming. It's not that I am against affirmative action. It is the way it..."></div> </div> </div>

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