Choosing Humanity

To be white…

This is tough

Knowing no matter what I do

I am White

A cultural vacuum

The antithesis of human nature

Bound to be an oppressor

Not by chains or cages

But my own heritage

If I chose not to be white

Is to chose economic and social destruction

To chose not to be white

is to chose taking on the violence everyone else experiences

To chose not to be white

is to chose to be human

To chose to not be white

is to chose the responsibility

of carrying humanity

to those who are white

In whiteness we are all the same

Blank. Empty. Devoid of humanity.

To chose to be human

gives us different colors to paint ourselves with

colors of joy

colors of love

colors of understanding

To chose to be human is art

It is growth

It is life

Let us grow and build together