Drop the talk of all your foolish "multicuralism."
Quit the ceaseless hypocrisy of what you call "pluralism."
You can't ignore the colors of the people that you see,
red and black, yellow and white, blue and brown and green,
your visions of a "unity" are, frankly, quite offensive!
A vision of a bowl of oatmeal strikes me as reprehensive!
Dropping talk of color/race will end all of the wars?
Forget that bull, let's strike the problems as they are at their own cores!
I frankly do not give a crap about the color of your skin,
but what will truly bother me are all those clubs your in!
A black gang member, Aryan Nazi, fundamentalist,
these are some of the things that will really get me pissed!
"Unity" has nothing to do with your skin pigmentation,
it will only be found when we discover gen'uine human relation.
Government, religion, all of these abstracts
must be torn down if we are to defy these hateful hacks.
"Racism," "sexism," "classism," will quickly disappear
when you drop your national boundaries, open your eyes and ears.
There is a way of life that will defy all expectations
when we learn how to engage ourselves in real human relations.
Racism only came when the Pope said "blacks have no souls,"
and sexism dies when women reach their own democratic goals.
Beating inbred hatred comes with beating laws and gods,
but thats' almost impossible when living with our current odds
'cause capital and property are tearing us apart
(inner city blacks could really take this point to heart)
and how you look's irrelevant if you are not born rich.
"Unity" comes from this way of life, of living in a ditch.
Forget your Bible, democratize, smash aristocracy
then it won't matter how you look because all will be free.
Anarchists around the world know that "unity"
will come when everybody starts off equal and free.
Author notes
Written January 16th, 2006
A contest entry
- Unity by Watuwant.
400 points, ended January 31, 2006, 15 entries
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Yes, your thoughts on democracy are shared by a lot of anarchists as well - that by creating a "majority" even if it isn't so, it creates the illusion of a "status quo" which by definition creates the illusion of an "accepted" (majority) decision even if up to 49% of the population is denied the liberty of its own choice.
However, I think that democratization is the most positive step a society can take. Perhaps I follow too closely with Rudolph Rocker and Alexander Berkman, the Communist Anarchist thinkers, to relate to this movement, but it seems to me that, even as anarchist societies are founded on the principles of liberty and spontaneous cooperation, this spontanaiety will need to be fostered by the will of the majority of those who choose to get involved.
Or maybe the individualists are correct. Who knows. Thanks for the thoughts, and the read! -
Thanks, I'm male but I figured a nod to the womens' suffrage movement was necessary because that struck me as one of history's glaring contradictions, gender equality in democracy (nevermind racial inequality, of course). Thanks for the read!
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yes I love this one Im glad there are some anarchists alive and thriving - I enjoyed most of your carefully worded poem. Not too sure about the democatize bit - democracies give a minority power over the majority - What would happen if no one turned out to vote!! just a thought - splendid poem tho
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fire and passion such as this would be needed to make a change. I have no idea if you are male or female(which should not make any difference anyway) in a world such as you speak off. This did make me wonder how a campaign speech such as this would affect the world....it might just be the thing that would ignite a spark under some dead ars.., that have become way to complacent to the current state of World Affairs
Way to go and my best wishes in this contest,
reenie
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Thanks for the read; I was afraid it would come off as a little too much, because I realize that multiculturalism was sort of the goal, but ummm.. Thanks for reading!
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The "honest and passionate" parts are, I feel, the most important. I figured it would probably be perceived as a little offensive to most people around here in some way (because multiculturalism is so broadly accepted in these areas), but I tried to make sure the point was that multiculturalism isn't bad itself, we're just defining the wrong kind of multiculturalism (racism), and using the wrong medium (capital). Thanks for reading!
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Liked the passion in this. what more can I say it has all been said before I came here.
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Very strong and obviously comes from deep within. Much passion and honestly went into this piece. Well done. BRAVO ~~Enigma
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Honest and passionate, indeed. Seems to be one of those poems you'd here someone chanting on a street corner somewhere. I do like the anger and righteous indignation that comes through in this poem. It might irritate some people, but perhaps they need that. I'm glad to see some angst filled poems coming through in this contest. Thanks for entering.
peace
doug
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Oooouuu. A little hotter than the other works in this contest, but your words are honest and passionate. Did you ever think of sending this to the United Nations or the White House?
Great write!
Edited on Jan 16, 7:30 p.m. because ''.
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