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NOT DIFFERANT

by dav.smith

I bleed just like you
I work the same hours
for the same pay
But you treat me different
I eat the same food has you
Live in the same type of home
and pay about the same rent
yet you treat me different
I pay my taxes
and ask for nothing
I even give to charities
still you see me as different
I saved your boys life
so you would not have to mourn
or suffer my loss
even so, you treat me different
why can't you see past my dark skin
and realist we are not different
we are a lot similar than you think.





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Re: NOT DIFFERANT (Score: 1 )
by nerdgirl on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (19:40:10)
wow this is really deep. Well done. I hate that people are still ignorant about things like skin color. My family is mixed from irish to african- american so I guess racism is something I will never understand.

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    Re: NOT DIFFERANT (Score: 1 )
    by dav.smith on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (01:54:19)
    Yea, I'm a whitey and i still don't understand it. Discrimination because of colour or race. I don't fathom, I mean we are all the same bar this minor things. Thanks for commenting Nerdgirl. Cheers. dAVE

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Re: NOT DIFFERANT (Score: 1 )
by radical_love on Friday, October 30, 2009 (03:38:49)
excellant- i know what this is about.........
australia- is slowly learning. but i fear, its not until our indigenous kids also mix with the private school snobs- that we'll really see a massive change in attitude......
its really comes down to personal experience,
aboriginials, and darker coloured peoples- always get a harder run for their money- despite them putting in extra effort- and trying extra hard to just maintain a middleclass lifestyle.....
thats my 2 cents worth;-)
great poem- well tackled.

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    Re: NOT DIFFERANT (Score: 1 )
    by dav.smith on Friday, October 30, 2009 (06:30:11)
    Rad, always look forward to your honest opinion. What you have said is exactly the truth. I know of acouple of Aboriginal men that earn more than me yet still face the callenge of a normal acceptence in society. Just because their black people wonder were they got their money. they have trouble getting served in shops and or refused entry into venues. it's a shame that we all can do without. Hugs and all. dAVE

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Re: NOT DIFFERANT (Score: 1 )
by butterflyzrfree on Friday, October 30, 2009 (07:31:03)
Nice job. did you mean, :"suffer my loss"?

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    Re: NOT DIFFERANT (Score: 1 )
    by dav.smith on Friday, October 30, 2009 (07:43:51)
    Doh,.., Yep, that's the word i was looking for. Thanks for pick up and comment. dAVE

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      Re: NOT DIFFERANT (Score: 1 )
      by butterflyzrfree on Friday, October 30, 2009 (15:17:09)
      BTW, nice poem and I like it. The jsame thing goes on here, things changs slowly, There where so many are Native peoples, It is also a problem of peole who want to stay in tougch with their own culture and assimilate to the mainstream culture, right?

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