The Fine Art of Self-Segregation

Transcend their teachings

hypocrisy ignored

Bigotry ingrained

without a thought as to the cause

See the college campus

encourage separate dorms

ethnic specific, "to unify"

Jim Crow would feel at home

See the house of worship

Doors open to all

So long as your likeness conforms

to those within its walls

So-called institutions

of higher learning and praise

inspire animosity

and mistrust amongst the race

Generations lost

fall in sync

to perpetuate the lies of their elders

this new-found normalcy

But

I will circumvent

Stifle the downward spiral

The mentally constipated

must learn to accept:

If divided we stand, then united we'll fall!

Into their trap

stratagem of old:

"divide and conquer."

That is their way

We won't comply

All is not for naught

we will teach

what we've been taught

So much more can be derived

from fraternizing with those

unlike yourself -

why would you limit yourself?

Reject the ignorance

Multi-culturalism

the dream of our forefathers

must not be forgotten

Those who fought

Those who died

Who paved the way

for us to try

To integrate

not separate

see what's within

not melanin

And all the churches

and universities

must stand against

this disease

All is not for naught

we will teach

what we've been taught