Friday, February 3, 2012

Being White

“Obruni, obruni, obruni”

insult

compliment

I turn.

A smile, a wave,

Unsure.

To embrace it or to ignore it

Who says it and why?

Something to point at,

To shout at,

To be with.

All for lack of color.

For whiteness.

My race,

What does it mean?

me.

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2012 at 7:53 AM

    I don't get shouted at in Nepal, so it is a less rigorous level of race consciousness, I think. But I am trying to process the look I get all the time from children-what we represent to them, why they look that way. I'm not sure I like what I think it means

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