And you call [i]me[/i] coloured??!!!

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Poem by an African   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 Colored?ps: I certainly do not mean this from a racist perspective, just thought it was funny. Don't get me wrong, please.

YoHf · Accepted Answer

Interesting indeed... Both of them...

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Anonymous · Answer

I have had the following poem entitled "How Come" in my recipe box for almost twenty years. I recently googled it to find the author and I see that somehow an 'African Kid" wrote a poem called "And You Call Me Colored". My poem goes as follows..."How Come".. When I was born I was black, When I grew up I was black, When I'm sick I'm black, When I go out into the sun I'm black, When I die I'll be black ... But You: When you were born you were pink, when you grow up you are white ,When you get sick you are green, When you go out in the sun you are red, When you go out in the cold you are blue, When you die you turn purple... and you call me colored?
I think I cut it our of an old Ann Landers column. I have had it for so long it is yellowed with age so you can imagine my surprise in finding it newly written by some "African Kid"?
Who is this African kid and when did he write, almost verbatim, the same poem I have had for two decades? Is this plagerism or did it take the rest of the world twenty to find the same poem I've had for so long. I am very confused and disturbed by this. I would like some info on the author and publishing date of the african kid's poem.

Anonymous · Answer

EXCELLENT poem.. and so **** true.. and you calling me colored!!!

Anonymous · Answer

I think its a great poem and more people should write things like this its people like this poet that will make a difference in the world and i think we people of the 21st century should write more poems of this type.

Anonymous · Answer

consider philosophy as a career lol

Anonymous · Answer

no you didnt use it as a racitive, but i did, i absolutely hate ppl who are racist and i just went off on sumone for it. it makes me very mad when ppl are racist i jus wanna puch them in the face,!(;st prospec
signed a caucasian girl,(:

Anonymous · Answer

The thing is though, everyone is racist. Those who admit to being racist are just a little less racist than those who wont admit to it.

We all believe in stereotypes to an extent and we all understand that cultural traits exist in all of us to an extent. Add that to religious differences and it creates opinions that we have that are largely based on colour, culture and tribal identity.

Its how you accept your inner racism and how you deal with it that counts.

Even signing your post as a caucasian girl is slightly racist, as the people of the caucus region were regarded many years ago as the most beautiful and handsome of the white people, so general white people just hijacked that term for a blanket coverage approach to whites, to indicate that we are all beautiful and superior to non 'caucasians'

Me? Im of scottish and Irish decent, married to a Kenyan girl from the Kamba tribe, living in an african world and with little in common with the white people around me.

Racist? Yeah to an extent, I find white people really hard to get along with and black people are nicer to me. Thats just how life is sometimes.

Anonymous · Answer

This should be printed in every football magazine and on every forum....maybe ..just maybe it will sink in

Anonymous · Answer

I personally do not believe in Black or white people. I believe we all just light and darker. I have not met a person as white as a piece of paper, nor Black as tar. My mother used to say " Well all those people, pay a fortune to go lay in the sun to get dark like us, then they say they are prejudiced towards dark fellow human beings.

"Did someone miss something there?" As that made no sense to me. Just think about it. What irony.

Anonymous · Answer

maybe you shouldn't pre-judge and generalise about white people then. try being nice to them. maybe because you feel the need to spend all your time with people of a different origin and have a go at your own (ie caucasian) means the problem lies with you, not them.

don't tell me and everyone else that they are racist, i know i am not. i couldn't care less what someone's background is beyond it being maybe interesting to me. i don't place value on a person because of where they're from, what colour of their skin is and whom they choose to worship - or even if they choose to worship. life's too short for all that ***, we are all just trying to get through life in one piece.

and re your 'caucasian' stuff - you're really misinformed, and besides, you're really talking semantics there.

i suspect many of the people you come into contact with think you're a moron.

that's just how life is sometimes.

And you call [i]me[/i] coloured??!!!

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