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Some background on this -(" White Man's Rap Sheet." )

"The truth will set men free "....they say

but it's the practice that takes the longest....

and we've been rehearsing forever."

I live near a township that sits next

to another small city which has

a place called "The Park."

Many years ago the citizens

of that small city,

a Republican stronghold annexed the park

and chose to bus the black students

to a school outside of their town.

They are still busing those students today,

long after civil rights came into being,

and men made some small progress

against racism.

Imagine being a black student

who can't go to his or her

hometown school.

What picture does that paint for them.

A bleak one indeed.

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Especially because Abe said............

"Four score and 
seven years ago,"
a whole bunch of fellows 
we've all come to know,
our Forefathers brought 
to this great continent,
a nation forged by fighting 
with the British hell bent.

Concieved in purest liberty, 
baptized in bloodshed,
in dedicated propositions 
which I hoped that they all meant
"All men are created equal..."
was the message that they sent.
but what happened to us next 
makes this dream a wee bit bent.

You see many of 
those good ol' boys 
had slaves that they each kept,
out picking cotton every day, 
while neglected babies wept,
and the Irish and the Chinese 
who helped build our vast railroads
were unwelcome by so many 
'cept to carry heavy loads,
some folks didn't practice 
what they preached, 
they were truly hypocrites,
and they butchered 
all the Indians, 
for thier homelands 
that we kept.

I remember as a child... 
the water fountains 
that had signs,
one for whites, 
and one for coloreds, 
way back when in "59" 
and in the backs 
of all the buses 
was the place 
they had to ride,
if your skin was black
you sat there 
or you were left outside. 
they had names 
for each minority 
I 'd never dare to mention,
and the whites 
all lived in splendor 
amidst endless 
racial tension.
there were lynchings 
terrible beatings 
and some very 
unjust trials
many innocent Men 
went off to jail 
while the jurors 
sat and smiled.

Over seven score 
and six years since 
Abe Lincoln's famous speech
we've got prejudice galore,
we still don't practice
what we preach!!

We've got a president
whose black, 
but many still 
have to attack,
his birthplace 
and his efforts ....
never giving him some slack....

And now they're 
talking 'bout 
eeee-lectrifying immigrants....
Herman Cain who 
is a "black" man 
wants to build 
that mighty fence,
Ol' Rick Perry's in agreement 
but he's truly 
such a louse,
he's had folks without 
a green card, 
working daily 
on his house....
and those poor who 
have no health care, 
"those bums need... 
to go get work!!"
but unemployment's 
running rampant, 
most jobs offer 
them no perks.
The constitutions 
a dilution 
from those men 
who once held slaves,
"Each human heart 
holds the solutions 
for the somewhat 
free and brave."

I wonder if..... 
four score and seven 
years ahead from now,
we will have put to death 
our prejudice with 
perfect peace somehow,
or will we hand it 
down to children 
who will hand 
it down again.
by our actions 
and our words 
that never lets 
the hatred end.

God's skin is
multi-colored... 
we were all
created equal,
heaven will not 
welcome prejudice, 
it's meant for
loving people.

I only write the truth, 
and if it bothers you
that's good...
turn your bothers
into brothers, 
let's create a "Brotherhood."

(Rebuttals are more than welcome.....)

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