THE CONSCIOUS HUMANYou are not just white,but a rainbow of colors.You are not just black,but golden.You are not just a nationality,but a citizen of the world.You are not just for the right or left,but for what is right over the wrong.You are not just rich or poor,but always wealthy in the mind and heart.You are not perfect, but flawed.You are flawed, but you are just.You may just be conscious human,but you are also a magnificentreflection of God.Suzy Kassem__he Conscious Human_ Poetry by Suzy Kassem
To be white, or straight, or male, or middle class is to be simultaneously ubiquitious and invisible. You__e everywhere you look, you__e the standard against which everyone else is measured. You__e like water, like air. People will tell you they went to see a __oman doctor_ or they will say they went to see __he doctor._ People will tell you they have a __ay colleague_ or they__l tell you about a colleague. A white person will be happy to tell you about a __lack friend,_ but when that same person simply mentions a __riend,_ everyone will assume the person is white. Any college course that doesn__ have the word __oman_ or __ay_ or __inority_ in its title is a course about men, heterosexuals, and white people. But we call those courses __iterature,_ __istory_ or __olitical science.__his invisibility is political.
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To be white, or straight, or male, or middle class is to be simultaneously ubiquitious and invisible. You__e everywhere you look, you__e the standard against which everyone else is measured. You__e like water, like air. People will tell you they went to see a __oman doctor_ or they will say they went to see __he doctor._ People will tell you they have a __ay colleague_ or they__l tell you about a colleague. A white person will be happy to tell you about a __lack friend,_ but when that same person simply mentions a __riend,_ everyone will assume the person is white. Any college course that doesn__ have the word __oman_ or __ay_ or __inority_ in its title is a course about men, heterosexuals, and white people. But we call those courses __iterature,_ __istory_ or __olitical science.__his invisibility is political.
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