I began by losing my place
I began by being self conscious
I began by losing the plot
I began my first worthlessness
I found that I am alone in world
I was in a battlefield at that moment
It is not going to stop there
It finds itself through my body
Who is there to help me
I am broken from inside
I am tired and hopeless
I only have my own corner
I think racism is unreal
It is unreal as it is not in nature
It is there but not there
It is not tangible yet so impactful
It is to make us feel worse
It makes us worse as has no shame
It is only there to provide division
Its purpose is to make us feel desperate
Now there is one thing that helps!
It is called moral high ground
Be careful in your action
And say stop, this is not in nature!
This poem investigates and explores racism, it looks at racism from a phenomenological stand point. Where a person who is effected by racism has various choices, sometimes these choices are not sufficient and sometimes where the person has enough inner strength and outer resources they are sufficient enough to overcome racism. One of the aspects the poem explores is from an ontological viewpoint looking at racism phenomena and dismissing it from existing in nature, instead believing that it is a man made phenomena and it is created within society as a result of nurturing not been provided to the members of society, so some people are acting as racists as a result.
Therefore there is capacity to racism but this doesn’t mean that it is our natural self. We, as humans are prone towards growth and sometimes we lose our way along the way. This losing may result in an individual to be racist towards others, which means to be discriminative against certain group or individuals. Usually this is a result of lack of fulfilment in some area of the growth in an individual.
The impact racism has on others vary depending on the extent and degree of the racism, as well as the individual in the receiving end. Also the environment and support network around the person who is victim of racism is important. As a better support will help the victim to recover and to overcome difficulties quicker.
There is a divide in society and in everything we do. There is a divide in gender, there is a divide in social class, there is a divide in wealth, in education and in many other things. Therefore racism is also a form of divide, a divide in an individual or group being superior to another individual or group. But this is only a small part of the human life. Another side is that all these divides are creations of us to see ourselves separate from others. But this separation is only a result of uncertainty and lack of understanding and acceptance of others. By nature we want to grow and fulfil our potential. This potential also embeds our ethical growth and acceptance of ourselves as good in nature. This means that in a just society, and a fair individual division and racism does not have a place.