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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Kaleidoscope World-Talk about Racial Discrimination

Came accross this poem sometime in 2007 via sms message from a friend

When I born, I black.
When I grow up, I black.
When I go in sun, I black.
When I cold, I black.
When I scared, I black.
When I sick, I black.
And when I die, I still black.
You white folks...
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.
When you bruised, you purple.
And when you die, you gray.
And now you calling me COLORED?




An Other Side of Racial Discrimination



Well, I don't know. But sometimes we, Filipinos, are the ones who give very special preferential treatments to foreigners.
Be it in the stores, restaurants, etc., pinoy sellers/vendors tend to prefer talking and doing business to foreigners other than their "kapwa-pinoys".
Ewan lang kung bakit.
Baka dahil sa tip?
O baka naman kasi ang mga pinoy eh, barat?



Sabi naman ni Francis M sa kantang Kaleidoscope World:



So many faces, so many races
Different voices, different choices
Some are mad, while others laugh
Some live alone with no better half
Others grieve while others curse
And others mourn behind a big black hearse
Some are pure and some half-bred
Some are sober and some are wasted
Some are rich because of fate and
Some are poor with no food on their plate
Some stand out while others blend
Some are fat and stout while some are thin
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most



Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin' round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world



Some are great and some are few
Others lie while some tell the truth
Some say poems and some do sing
Others sing through their guitar strings
Some know it all while some act dumb
Let the bassline strum to the bang of the drum
Some can swim while some will sink
And some will find their minds and think
Others walk while others run
You can't talk peace and have a gun
Some are hurt and start to cry
Don't ask me how don't ask me why
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most



Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin' round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world

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