Appalling And Offensive Comments Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

All lives should matter.
But there is only one race,
Historically treated as servants.
And disgraced by lies.
Discriminated against,
Because of skin color.
As well as contributions made.
To a country proclaiming its 'greatness'.

If not in classrooms studying Black History,
Children of all races would not know...
The involvement of black people,
On a daily basis shown...
Smothered up to deceive as entertainers to believe.
Never would truth and its reality,
Be volunteered to admit what truth is to exist.

Without the Africans and Chinese,
To be the first to navigate the seas.
There would be no Christopher Columbus.
Or Pilgrims to land at Plymouth Rock.
Calling themselves Quakers.
And glorified in a re-written history.
To omit purposely peacekeepers they were not.

Throughout history black people,
Have been discredited for their achievements.
Even designing Washington, DC...
Is buried under the capital,
Where law makers and the foundation...
Of where the beginnings of America sits.
Yet those bigoted and racists don't know this.

All lives should matter.
But no life to live is more than those black.
Descendants of Africans.
Hunted down like animals on their own shores.
And separated from their families and friends.
Then sold on auction blocks.
Stripped of dignity and today still enslaved,
By those who call themselves 'Christians'.
But doers of evil misdeeds representing inhumanity,
Is more than enough evidence...
Of who they are to believe and see historically,
To be the deceivers they are.

"Your comments are appalling and offensive."

Well...
When my ancestors arrived,
Chained and stripped of their heritage.
No land had been given to call their own.
Nor were they given freedom,
To immediately become traded and made slaves.
You?
On the other hand,
Were given choices.
And if the only choices you can make today,
Is to be 'appalled and offended'...
By my comments made?
How many minutes of each day,
Have you spent 'imagining' to be black?