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This poem was written by an African child and was nominated for

 
This poem was written by an African child
and was nominated for the Best poem of 2005.
 
Colour
 
When I born, I Black,
When I grow up, I Black,
When I go in Sun, I Black,
When I scared, I Black,
When I sick, I Black,
And when I die, I still black, 
 
And you White fella,
 
When you born, you Pink,
When you grow up, you White,
When you go in Sun, you Red,
When you cold, you Blue,
When you scared, you Yellow,
When you sick, you Green,
And when you die, you Gray, 
And you calling me Coloured?

 

39 Comments

jahan 1 decade ago
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that is brilliant, clever child :) x
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Ethanol 1 decade ago
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omg Awh.
poor kid<3
I wish I could give him food now.
just saying...
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KissesintheRain 1 decade ago
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you all cant call us names because you all did that from 1613 (first slaves in jamestown) into the 1800's ... actually 2012 . no , its not right for my race to call your race anything out of your name . the excuse "i have black friends so im not " IS NOT TRUE . there are racial jokes , and you can NOT say youve never laughed at one . when a white person calls a black out of their name , and you says it around the wrong black , you are asking for a fight . but like i said , you all shouldnt be called out of your names either . we are allowed to call each other the n-word (i still dont like it) because its become a term of .... adornment i guess O.o .
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_g0ldenkiid* 1 decade ago
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@maaddiissonn White people get ashy too... It just means your skin is dry. I'm never ashy because I know what lotion is.
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ThatOneGirl_brokenhearted 1 decade ago
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PEOPLE PLEASE, STOP FIGHTING. Okay, got the caps lock part out of the way. Now, I've got black family and I understand what you're saying here. BUT how is it fair that black people can call me names but if I call them one it's ""? How come tehy can call each other names, but if someone of a different ethnicity says the exact same thing everyone would lose their marbles and get all bent out of shape about it. Not fair.
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ItisCoeli 1 decade ago
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Oh wow
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.* 1 decade ago
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I love this <3
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boobahdinky 1 decade ago
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lol aww
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jayykayy_x* 1 decade ago
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You know, the horrible thing is that if a white person said this from their point of view - saying that black people changed along with their emotions, all hell would break loose. I'm just saying that they have taken the whole 'every time you mention the word black you're ' thing a little too far.
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JustWaiting 1 decade ago
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I've never heard of turning yellow when they're scared..
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bluebox2 1 decade ago
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I love this.
all the people saying he was being haven't read it properly. So calm the f/ck down.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I agree. I like this (:
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maaddiissoonn 1 decade ago
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ha, and they call us ? if a white person wrote this saying how white people stay the same but black get ashy and such, it’d be like hell froze over. ugh i’m soo sick of black people getting special treatement. yeah so much for equal rightts!!
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EmilyStyles 1 decade ago
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I love this quote but I dont know anyone who changes all those colors. JS!
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_g0ldenkiid* 1 decade ago
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@xele9109x You have to understand that over the years BLACKS were the ones discriminated against, not whites. That's probably why in your words it's 'so bad' to say something racially offensive or in other words, to blacks.
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immaninja 1 decade ago
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i love this SO much. this is my favorite thing ever.
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TheWittiestProfile 1 decade ago
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Really?
Every other time of the hundreds of times I've seen this it was 'a black man walked into a bar' and the bar tender was like 'no coloured allowed' and now you're saying it was a poem? rlly
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ForeverAlone_x 1 decade ago
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I love this.
all the people saying he was being haven't read it properly. So calm the f/ck down.
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StarsareRachelBerry 1 decade ago
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To the people saying that he's being ; you can see that at the last line he's saying 'And you're calling me coloured?' As if he's been discriminated against. What he's doing isn't , it's a counter argument. Telling the ones that have called him coloured – or anyone else for that matter – that they are hypocrites, because they have more various of colors, than he could ever have.
That's not .
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lilmisslittle 1 decade ago
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SO THAT'S WHERE THIS ORIGINATED FROM
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thehairycouch 1 decade ago
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mmmm,very true
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posted August 10, 2012 at 7:07pm UTC tagged with inspirational

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