Tuesday, August 5, 2014

from April PAD challenge

Let’s Get Real, Not Racist

In art class, my mom’s friend,
of African ancestry, requested Mom,
of Scotch/English descent, to draw her portrait.

Mom did, complete with realistic shading.
Mom’s friend got mad at her,
which confused Mom till the day she died.

A writing teacher told my friend not to describe
her biracial character as having light black skin
and kinky black hair because it was racist.

If a character has light black complexion
and kinky black hair, why couldn’t she say so?
Observation differs from judgment.



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