<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437748" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In Your Face</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In your face.<br>And scrutinized on a daily basis, <br>That should not take place with such curiosity.<br>But it does with the getting of attention.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am an American man.<br>And labelled black to be made aware of that.<br>To offend many when my proudness is expressed.<br>I have always had ambitions to be my best.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With a dignity I wear my identity to expose.<br>I have never had a wish to be depicted as a stereotype, <br>To appease those who are white to please appetites.<br>Not me I am happy to be who I am.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And then there are those who wish to be viewed, <br>As 'good' Negroes.<br>With obedience and subservience, <br>Served to those they'd rather not upset.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am an American man.<br>And labelled black to be made aware of that.<br>To offend many when my proudness is expressed.<br>I have always had ambitions to be my best.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Does this confession make me 'less' patriotic? <br>Or am I 'more' American because I have beliefs...<br>To be the best human being that I can be.<br>Regardless of any images that provide others with relief.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">How you depict with descriptions to abuse and define? <br>Is a problem you have to overcome in your limited mind.<br>With time given to dread or not.<br>And 'that' will never be a question you will hear me ask!</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=437748" data-title="In Your Face de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="In your face. And scrutinized on a daily basis, That should not take place with such curiosity. But it does with the getting of attention. I am an American man. And labelled black to be made aware of that. To offend many when my proudness is exp..."></div> </div> </div>

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