Whiteness Poem by Lianne Gagnon

White skin, light skin, right skin,
Power and control.

White skin, light skin, right skin,
Subcutaneous control of knowledge.

White skin, light skin, right skin,
Stained images of other

White skin, light skin, right skin,
Cellular exploitation.

White skin, light skin, right skin,
Pores of superiority.

White skin, light skin, right skin,
Deep layers of oppression.

White skin, light skin, right skin,
Severed land and stolen babies.

White skin, light skin, right skin,
My skin.

My skin, my skin, my skin,
Complicated complicity