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Hullabaloo

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re the hullabaloo over Barack Obama and Michael Jackson


We clap some Blacks,
we clap them Blacks,
tho' we mow those
others shacks
and dish out smacks,
we clap them Blacks
and forget them whacks
and their blistered backs
and hands that pick the
music tracks,
and then we clap them Blacks
them stand-up Blacks
but not them bent over blacks
for earning us all our stacks
of dirty cash
and maids we lash
and keep from dash
yet we stand and clap
them entertaining Blacks
and forget the Hispanics
and them blacks
and the low paid Arabs
at the Macs
and Asians that stack
and Latinos in back
of the stores and the lack
of housing and that
and this becomes that
as minimum is flat
a rate as you'll get
as sad a state
as you've ever met
always the worker
that's needed as warrior
to die for jack
in the sand and a sack
brings them back
it's you at the back,
always the back ,
stay put and keep that
shut, I'm talking to you
at the back of the queue
YOU at the back!
get ready to pack!

Summing up Ted Hughes' poetry: ►

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Isobel

Fri 24th Jul 2009 06:47

You make your point well Tommy - the media like to celebrate the success of tiny minorities. Reading your comment on POM I see that you are of the same opinion as Clarissa who in the racism thread offers her opinion that nothing will ever change over there whatever colour the leader. I find that pretty depressing - I'm a great 'believer' in having hope - and I just love Shirley Bassey.

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Tommy Carroll

Wed 22nd Jul 2009 21:18

That some black people are paid tribute mostly if they entertain. Whilst little or nothing is done for those black workers that are super exploited. This also applies to white workers but my subject was the 'fuss' surrounding Obama and Michael Jackson so I kept it about black workers.

<Deleted User> (6476)

Wed 22nd Jul 2009 21:06

what are you trying to say?
Sorry, I'm a bit dim.

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