Ethnic Jokes
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
The use of spewing,
Insulting ethnic jokes.
Is as common to the American culture,
As Apple pie is to the flag to wave.
In public to do done.
To claim one's,
Patriotic hypocritical ways.
Pretensions to impress,
The addressing of them in public.
To denounce racial discrimination,
Is an everyday occurrence.
And on display by those who portray,
Themselves...
To be qualified better than others.
And no one is immune to perceive,
Their ethnicity is an exception.
Although we may call ourselves Americans.
We have been encourage to hyphenate,
Our heritage to pay homage...
To ancestors and from which country,
They were born.
For the purpose to identify,
The worth and value of their race.
With a label placed upon their backs.
And everybody knows,
That is an active practice.
Everybody knows this.
Whether to deny, lie about it or deceive.
Although...
There are those who believe,
They have been entitled with rights...
To fight against and discourage,
A democracy that reflects...
The truth of America's diversity for what it is.
Hoping it's image throughout history,
Will someday be rewritten...
To delude and fiction reality.
And the truth of it.
Only to diminish or even end,
Their own quality of life.
Because the image of it...
Is becoming increasingly to be non-white!
And...
America, these United States,
Has never been completely Caucasian.
Except...
In Science Fiction Movies.
Cartoon Shows.
And in classrooms where children are taught,
Only those with blond hair and blue eyes...
Are more wise and intelligent.
Than others that are not so blessed.
And fortunate to be born the chosen ones!
However...
Why would anyone,
Born to believe themselves chosen...
Choose to destroy their own way of life?
With a conducting of destruction.
To prove this is a productive way,
Greatness is achieved to believe kept to keep!
Joking and provoking ignorance to feast it.
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Written on November 04, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on November 04, 2022
Modified on March 25, 2023
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