<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437803" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Influenced By Europeans</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As An American I can say, <br>I've been influenced by Europeans.<br>I grew up with Jews and Italians, <br>Most of my young life.<br>My high school had a mixture, <br>Of Russians, Portuguese, French<br>And Spaniards.<br>Who would find me humorous...<br>When the teacher saw my hand raised, <br>To sometimes ignore.<br>Until I made outbursts.<br>Expecting from her more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I took two years of French.<br>And had friends of several races.<br>Then one day all of that was changed.<br>When the city I now live in...<br>Became a place for bigoted racists.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh there may be many who will try to deny what I say.<br>But when I was a child, <br>Where I live wasn't divided as it is today.<br>With waves of bused in suburbanites...<br>Coming to work during the day.<br>To leave their jobs for an urban flight! <br>When I was a child, <br>Not much of that was in sight! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The first time I heard the word 'nigger'<br>Was from a Black music teacher, <br>Who wanted to impress.<br>Reminding us of how she felt.<br>And made sure to us that was addressed.<br>Oh yes! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">As An American I can say, <br>I've been influenced by Europeans.<br>I grew up with Jews and Italians, <br>Most of my young life.<br>My high school had a mixture, <br>Of Russians, Portuguese, French<br>And Spaniards.<br>Who would find me humorous...<br>When the teacher saw my hand raised, <br>To sometimes ignore.<br>Until I made outbursts.<br>Expecting from her more.<br>And I was not hushed, <br>Until I got it! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dedicated: <br>To those friends I remember<br>from Northeast Junior High School<br>and Hartford Public High School.<br>Just a 'few' years ago.<br>Or, more appropriately, decades<br>that seemed to have flown away.<br>~LSP~</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=437803" data-title="Influenced By Europeans de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="As An American I can say, I've been influenced by Europeans. I grew up with Jews and Italians, Most of my young life. My high school had a mixture, Of Russians, Portuguese, French And Spaniards. Who would find me humorous... When the teacher sa..."></div> </div> </div>

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