good and evil:
white and black
the good guys wear white
they say, so they say
good and evil:
white and black
the bad guys wear black
they say, so they say
our actions are reflections
of our inner souls
this can easily be seen.
i choose to wear this black hat,
this is my action, my choice
so i have demonstrated my evil intentions
the world is an evil place,
so much evil there is.
there's all these black people -
why, their entire bodies are black!
their blackened souls are visible unto us
good and evil:
white and black
the good guys are white
they say, so they say
good and evil:
white and black
the bad guys are black
they say, so they say
12/22/08
Author notes
I chose picture option number 9:
http://kiraan.deviantart.com/art/Black-and-White-44725813
The reason I chose this option is because I don't like the old stereotype of how "the good guys dress in white and the bad guys dress in black". I mean, in the movies, you can always tell very readily who the good guys are and who the bad guys are, it's always very obvious... Well, the real world doesn't work that way! The fact is, we can't tell whether someone is "good" or "evil" just by how they dress, or even by a few secluded actions of theirs. People's souls are not visible unto us, it's not all black and white. It's just the whole big idea of conformity... And I got to thinking about how we can apply this same concept to racism - in the modern sense, it partly stems from the ideas of "good" and "evil".
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- Option, Options, Options by wakawaka05.
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Comments
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It isn't fair is it? To be judged by a stupid stereotype without any real knowledge of who you are. People don't want to do with complex problems or think the other person is just as human.
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Wow this is a great write. It is an amazing take on the prompt. I cant agree more with why you chose the prompt. Best of luck in the contest and in future writing. Have a merry Christmas and a Happy New year
Caity
>Wakawaka<
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