Discrimination- slam poetry
So this is a poem that my friend and I wrote.This poem depicts Discrimination from an African girl's P.O.V and a Muslim girl's P.O.V. Despite being of different backgrounds & religion, their stories are quite similar in terms that they were both victims of a biased society.
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*Both perspectives*
Why are we judged as people, because of our race?
For we as humans are just a tiny dust from out of space,
Yet we do things far worst than disgrace.
*#1 perspective - A Muslim girl*
You told me to take that rag off my head,
I asked for your acceptance and I pled,
But still, you'd rather want me dead.
* #2 perspective- An African girl
You made fun of me because of the colour of my skin,
Your laughs boomed louder than a speaker knowing that you'd win,
But all I ever really wanted was to fit in.
* both perspectives *
Why did you make that racist remark?
Why did you have to throw us in the dark?
For your words are just as harsh as a dog's bark.
*#1 perspective - A Muslim girl*
You called me a terrorist because of my religious headdress,
You said I was wearing too much and that it was excess,
You called me revolting and then you said that I was far beyond a mess.
*both perspectives *
Every word you said was like an open wound wanting to heal, but to our disappointment transforming to a scar.
You stood there mocking us, stealing the spotlight trying to become the star.
This type of lifestyle to us was kind of bizarre.
#2 perspective- An African girl
An African rail train guard was bombarded with racist remarks,
For asking a teenage boy to take his feet off the seats with kind regards,
Every word said stabbing him like sharp shards.
* #1 perspective - A Muslim girl*
A Muslim family sat on a train, not to be looked at or to have fame,
They look side to side but cannot look straight, they were the enemy's aim,
The woman sat in front of them was armed with hate,
They couldn't see themselves getting out of that state,
But they knew that they would have to wait,
For the woman wasn't going to decide their faith.
*both perspectives*
It shouldn't matter how we speak or the colour of her skin,
It shouldn't matter how we pray or which creator we choose to believe in.
* both perspectives *
Just like Nelson Mandela said, " no one is born hating another person because of the colour of their skin, or their background, or their religion. People must learn to hate and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love".
And for those of you that have been judged or made fun of because of your race,
Its time to rise together and be seen from out of space,
See that you are just like anyone else and look past the disgrace.
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My friend and I actually performed this poem at school. It was for a slam poetry unit that we were doing and we came 2nd.
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