<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=434370" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Depicted As A Racist</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've been depicted as a racist.<br>AND...<br>After finding that humorous, <br>I had to give this serious thought.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Do I have the power, <br>To create hunger and homelessness? <br>Have I ever been given the power, <br>To decide whom to fire or hire? <br>When was the last time I outsourced a job? <br>Or downsized anyone? <br>To prevent a salary earned.<br>How many companies did I move overseas, <br>For the purpose to feed my own greed? <br>Who implemented divisions of hatred...<br>To kill and maim those they despise? <br>I find that checklist is not on my side.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Have I been like that? <br>And from whose eyes? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I can dislike what I see.<br>And from observation...<br>Describe it appropriately.<br>But to participate in scenes with values like that? <br>Has never been a part of my ancestry! <br>that's a fact.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And 'if' these truths mention offend...<br>Perhaps the time has come to openly discuss them.<br>But I do not believe insecurities, <br>Will be faced to allow those who have them hidden...<br>To free themselves in open discussion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some 'try', <br>But accountability is difficult to transfer.<br>And my patience...<br>Wears thin from those who eagerly toss their accusations.<br>These days come to peel away deceptions to reveal truths.<br>And chaos, conflicts and a diminished quality of life...<br>With the successful marketing of decadence, <br>Are realities I have had no power to promote.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">However...<br>I have witnessed the suffering done, <br>By those who have become victimized by the implementation.</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=434370" data-title="Depicted As A Racist de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I've been depicted as a racist. AND... After finding that humorous, I had to give this serious thought. Do I have the power, To create hunger and homelessness? Have I ever been given the power, To decide whom to fire or hire? When was the la..."></div> </div> </div>

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