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Do you know the word discrimination? Means to take away Means to be a stereo— type of meaning to confuse to alienate to identify in a discriminating context that if you are not white you are discriminated against if not white seen as less than white if white and non-white to be white or non-white but if white the discriminator the power the problem excuses excuses I see division anger building in— action to discriminate because if black brown any color but white you have the right called discrimination but if you are white take account it doesn't matter if you didn't do it doesn't matter if you see people for people you're white and that's all that counts. But I say step back hi, I'm Vanessa. And you are? · · · · · ·
Poetry on Swans Vanessa Raney will be a graduate student in History at Claremont Graduate University this fall. Her poetry has recently appeared in American Western Magazine (online), Quirk, Asphyxia Digest, WireTap Magazine (online), The Bayou Review, and The Thing Itself. This is her second contribution to Swans. "Step Back" (and "To Stay Myself Blind") was inspired by the poems of June Jordan. Do you wish to share your opinion? We invite your comments. E-mail the Editor. Please include your full name, address and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Please, feel free to insert a link to this poem on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting the first paragraph or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work without the expressed written authorization of Swans. This material is copyrighted, © Vanessa Raney 2003. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. |
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