He says he is no bigot
Yet each and every time
There is a but behind his
Phrase and a smirk beneath
His eyes.
“I’m no bigot, but there’s a
Place for folks like them. The
Poor, the immigrant, the
Black, the brown.
There’s a way for them to
Have the same rights as we,
Just follow our rules, believe
Our lies, jump through our
Hoops, and if they survive
We might let them in to the
Whites only club,
But, then again,
They won’t ever be one of
Us.”
He says he is no bigot
Yet each and every time
There is a but behind his
Phrase and a smirk beneath
His eyes.
This was prompted by a Facebook conversation with a friend of a friend of a friend who always maintains he’s no bigot–right before he rolls out evidence of his bigotry. He’ll never read this, but I needed to get it out.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
I knew who before you even had a chance to write anything but the title! lol You’re right, and the piece is great!
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It wrote itself.
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It’s sad that even though we have advanced so much, some are still quite ancient in their thinking…
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I know. It seems like for every two steps forward we take someone pushes us three steps back. Thanks for reading!!
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Agreed. It was real – I love real writing.
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Thank you.
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