Friday, August 14, 2015

WHO LIES THERE

WHO LIES THERE

 
I’M READING THE BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM DODDS
WHO WAS THE AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY IN THE EARLY THIRTIES
WHEN ASKED LATER
WHY THE UNITED STATES
DIDN’T COME ON STRONG TO GERMANY
ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF JEWS
HIS REPLY WAS
THE STATE DEPARTMENT FEARED THAT GERMANY
WOULD BRING UP THE STATUS OF BLACKS
IN THE STATES
ESPECIALLY THE PRACTICE OF LYNCHING
ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
AND BLACKS STILL FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES
HOW CAN A SUPPOSEDLY CHRISTIAN NATION
BEHAVE THIS WAY
HOW MANY OF US FAVORED WHITES
TREATED THAT WAY
WOULD REMAIN DOCILE
THEIR CHRISTIANITY SHAMES OURS
WE UNDER PAY
WE UNDER EDUCATE
TREAT THEM AS EXCREMENT
THEN BLAME THEM FOR THE RESULTS
IS THE SITUATION BAD
YES
BUT MORE HATE WONT SOLVE THE PROBLEM
WE ARE NO BETTER
THAN THOSE WHO PASSED THE JERICHO TRAVELER
 WE PASS THIS TRAVELER AT OUR OWN PERIL
FOR BY DOING
WE PASS CHRIST
 
FRANK A VOLLMER


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