TAKING UP THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN

                         HE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO FIGHT THE VIET CONG AT AGE 18 FOR HIS COUNTRY.  HE HAD TO TELL HIS MEN TO GIVE COVER SO THAT THE US SOLDIERS WOULDN'T BE KILLED.  ONE FELLOW COWERED IN A CORNER FRIGHTENED.  HE TOLD HIM TO FIGHT YOU BABY.  THEY'RE GONNA DIE.
                         HE'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO WALK THE STREETS OF HIS COUNTRY WITHOUT GLARING EYES ON HIM.  HE'S THIS.  HE'S THAT.  I PREFER NOT TO RENT TO THEM.  THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.  HE TOLD THEM:  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU DIE.
                        I HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE HERE,BE PRESIDENT OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU REDNECKS THINK BELONGS ONLY FOR YOU.  I WAS 18 AND DODGED BULLETS IN VIET NAM FOR Y OUR FREEDOM.    I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU DIE.
                          YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ME.  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  WHOSE THE COWARD HERE?  YOU WHO HIDES BEHIND YOUR WHITE SUPERIORITY BELITTLING ME?   OR ME -THE MAN WHO DIDN'T LET YOU DIE.
                           I FOUGHT FOR YOU AND ME.  I FOUGHT.  WHAT HAVE YOU DONE COWARD BESIDES SPEW PREJUDICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW?  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  HOW ABOUT A LITTLE RESPECT?  THANKS? HONOR? 
                           WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF ME?  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  I WASN'T AFRAID.  I DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.  MY BLOOD IS RED JUST LIKE YOURS.  I DIDN'T SAY THEY'RE NO GOOD .  I WON'T HELP THEM.  HOW DO YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO SPOUT THAT RACIST DRIVEL?  BOY?

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