<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=446819" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>You 'Have' To Notice It</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lets...<br>Discuss, <br>Racism.<br>And how it affects you daily.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'It doesn't.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Comeon.<br>You have to notice it? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I do.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So...<br>You are affected.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'No.<br>I am not.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of course you are.<br>You are obviously black.<br>A black man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'And? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If I were black I would notice that.<br>Everywhere I would notice it.<br>Everywhere I went...<br>It would be on my mind.<br>In my consciousness.<br>I'd be full of resentment.<br>I wouldn't be able to sleep, <br>Knowing I stood out amongst all people.<br>I would feel insecure.<br>Emotionally tormented inside, <br>With wishes to be white.<br>I would be...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Are you done? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Yes.<br>But I just wanted you to know, <br>How I would feel...<br>IF I were a black man.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sorry to disappoint you.<br>Perhaps my commitment, <br>To having an identity with purpose first...<br>Has not prioritized my being black.<br>As much as you have.<br>Are you hoping one day I will feel inferiror? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'You don't? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">By what or who? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Those who feel they are better than you.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I don't fantasize.<br>But I realize there are many who do.<br>And I notice them everywhere I go.<br>You have to notice it too? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I don't.'</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=446819" data-title="You 'Have' To Notice It de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Lets... Discuss, Racism. And how it affects you daily. 'It doesn't.' Comeon. You have to notice it? 'I do.' So... You are affected. 'No. I am not.' Of course you are. You are obviously black. A black man. 'And? ' If I were black I would ..."></div> </div> </div>

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