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A letter to the racist
by Joseph C Ogbonna → (All Poetry by Joseph C Ogbonna)
Thursday, May 21, 2020    Rated "PG13" by the Author.
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A letter to racists, bigots, tribalists, extremists, religious fanatics.


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I love only my kind.
But a world of just
your kind would to
monotony consign you.

I celebrate just my kind.
But a world that celebrates
only you, would to the utter
depths of boredom relegate you.

I prefer just my kind.
But the preference of your kind
would your curiosity wear out.

I only recognize my world.
But a world of only you
can never its horizon broaden.

I only relish my own race.
But a world devoid of
other races would be the
most uninteresting.

My race must the entire earth occupy.
But without the 'inferior' races,
how could you 'superiority' claim?

I have a lebensraum for my
race to occupy.
A lebensraum for only you
would geography obliterate.

So let your world be yours,
and let mine be mine.

Your culture and language you
may retain, whilst mine I also
retain,

as we both our diversity
celebrate.
Because diversity is nothing
more than the spice of life. 


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 Reviews of "A letter to the racist"
Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on May 26, 2020
It's healthy to share opinions intelligently. As we all know: there can be no true understanding when anger and intolerance become the enemy. Sadly, there are some who don't want true understanding though, they just want revenge. As I see it: diversity is the one (true) thing humanity has in common; the art of thinking independently together. We should never let go of our hope and God's love. A thought-provoking piece. Thank you for sharing. rlc

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on May 22, 2020
When problems cross territory that no walls can contain. The whole human race must work together to solve those problems before they will become our demise. Unfortunately there are people who think that their narrow little niche of life is the right or only one. They have no allies when it comes to dealing with problems the world over. Diversity is a greater defense than anything that they can wrongly think of.

And who doesn't like putting a little "spice" in life? Certainly not you, nor I. Why would one want to dominate or subjugate spice? It only works when it's set free.

Ron


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