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Bolt Britney

there lives a little white boy across the street, i swear the chaps' got wings on his feet. but he grovels around in charcoal and mud, cos they say he hasn't got athletics in his blood. he breaks British records, doesnt seem to stop, but the Jamaican colours flutter from his rooftop. Olympics the dream,but more than that, little master Owens just wants to be Black. there lives a little black girl just next door, i can hear her tap dance on the linoleum floor. she sings the opera from dusk to dawn, she prances and twirls on the family's front lawn. "your dancings' awkward, your voice baritone," it's not in your blood, leave the dreams alone. she smears fairness creams day and night, little miss Britney just wants to be White.
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Written by
Sehar_Bajwa
21 / F / toronto
Published
Aug 24, 2018
Lines·Words
17·132
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racism and stereotyping lives on

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#racism#white#black#discrimination#trolls#stop#help
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