Assigned Stereotypes Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Assigned Stereotypes



I never will understand,
People afraid to declare their heritage.
To then demand respect from others,
They do not give themselves.
With a pretending there is some hidden,
Understanding between those they demean.
As if to keep held an ancestral pride.
That is determined and decided,
By one's taught to teach to learn actions,
Who is being honest with it felt...
To their ethnic identity.
For the purpose to redefine their own acceptance.
With the hopes their insecurities,
Are not as exposed to show what's already known.
A need to please assigned stereotypes to 'perform',
They would rather imitate than address reality.
A reality they have chosen to find offensive.

Saturday, October 17, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: life
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