Asian American Is Not A Color
by Michael Doyle

All these phenotypes and social constructions
Have led to oppression and humanity's destruction
Colors cannot be the references of relationship
Warped as it is under the God that we worship

Imperfect groups are clustered in racial identity
And are too often used to divide our humanity
Injustice, war, and oppression have shaped nations
If lasting peace is to be, we must end procrastination

It's a fuss enough to holler
Asian American is not a color
All this atonal racism is hard to own
How can you hate others based on skin tone?

Busy streets are filled with double-parked cars
Where blinking hazard lights glow like stars
Eyes that kiss their corners fill China Town
Each wondering why there are rules to keep people down

Questions raise to the steps of this journey
As it becomes a struggle for unquenchable destiny
Finding our way through a gauntlet of hallways
Racial fairness tries to find its semi-tragic way

It's a fuss enough to holler
Asian American is not a color
All this atonal racism is hard to own
How can you hate others based on skin tone?

(c) August 19, 2024   Michael Doyle
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