Black Skin

Black Skin
More obvious than other skins
It seems
Some one says “He’s Black” “She’s Black”
Yet white goes unnoticed

One hundred whites in a bar
Notice black

One hundred blacks in a bar
And white blends well

Nothing said

Pretty black girl
Pretty black boy
Whites love the fantasy

Or the racism

Pretty black man
And
White men are threatened

Pretty black girls
And
White man is an “ass”

As Usual

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“Black Skin”
Written and Published by Paul Buttigieg

Published: 
June 15th, 2008
Category: 
Aboriginal Poems
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