you say you're all for change.
equality
diversity -
i can question all i want,
but you'll just repeat it back to me.
you say we're all the same.
all on a level
playing field -
the statistics say you're wrong,
and yet you try to tell me that's not real.
you say it's not our fault;
it's been "so long"
since slavery -
and you look at me with mocking eyes,
while i search for your humility.
and us women won the right to vote
less than a hundred years ago,
but you tell me i'm ludicrous
when i say
i wish we would earn as much as men -
you say "that's the way it's always been"
and i'm "wasting" my time worrying -
you say "we'll get married, we'll be fine,"
"we'll be home with our children anyway."
and i shouldn't ask them
what they earn,
cause then i might know to ask for more
so i'll sit here wondering in my head
whether you've considered that before.
you say you're all for change.
equality
diversity -
those buzz-terms won't mean anything,
until you practice what you preach.
you say we're all the same.
all on a level
playing field -
but colorblindness doesn't solve
the problems that we're facing here -
you say it's not your fault;
it's been "so long"
since slavery -
but you don't seem to understand,
that no one wants your sympathy.
i know you're not listening anymore -
that's fine.
i've gotten used to it -
but there's some things you need to know
before i let you walk away from this.
"i'm not racist" will never change the
meaning of what you just said,
and
your "jokes" will never make me laugh,
until you build us up,
not hold us back.
Feb 28, 2015
Feb 28, 2015 at 11:19 PM UTC
you say you're all for change.
equality
diversity -
i can question all i want,
but you'll just repeat it back to me.
you say we're all the same.
all on a level
playing field -
the statistics say you're wrong,
and yet you try to tell me that's not real.
you say it's not our fault;
it's been "so long"
since slavery -
and you look at me with mocking eyes,
while i search for your humility.
and us women won the right to vote
less than a hundred years ago,
but you tell me i'm ludicrous
when i say
i wish we would earn as much as men -
you say "that's the way it's always been"
and i'm "wasting" my time worrying -
you say "we'll get married, we'll be fine,"
"we'll be home with our children anyway."
and i shouldn't ask them
what they earn,
cause then i might know to ask for more
so i'll sit here wondering in my head
whether you've considered that before.
you say you're all for change.
equality
diversity -
those buzz-terms won't mean anything,
until you practice what you preach.
you say we're all the same.
all on a level
playing field -
but colorblindness doesn't solve
the problems that we're facing here -
you say it's not your fault;
it's been "so long"
since slavery -
but you don't seem to understand,
that no one wants your sympathy.
i know you're not listening anymore -
that's fine.
i've gotten used to it -
but there's some things you need to know
before i let you walk away from this.
"i'm not racist" will never change the
meaning of what you just said,
and
your "jokes" will never make me laugh,
until you build us up,
not hold us back.
((intended as spoken word...))
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