White and Black. Black and White.
You asked me
to draw
a line
between white and black.
White and black.
White and black?
What is that line?
Here is the list we started:
White is
Good.
Light.
Truth.
Beauty.
Reason.
Mind.
Black is
Evil.
Dark.
Lies. Deception.
Ugly.
Instinct.
Body.
White and black?
Isn’t the line easy to draw?
Sure. Easy enough.
A white car is a white car.
A black car is a black car.
A white bird is a white bird.
A black bird is a black bird.
A white gate is a white gate.
A black gate is a black gate.
A white wheel is a white wheel.
A black wheel is a black wheel.
Isn’t the line easy to draw?
Sure. Easy enough.
White is
Purity and virtue.
Selfless.
Innocence.
Modesty.
Knowledge. Enlightenment.
Courage.
Humility.
Strength.
Valor.
Faith.
Justice.
Birth. Life.
Love.
Rich.
Joy.
Pleasure.
Black is
Immorality and sex.
Selfish.
Experience. Guilt.
Impropriety.
Ignorance.
Fear.
Pride.
Weakness.
Dishonor.
Doubt.
Injustice.
Death.
Hate.
Poor.
Sorrow.
Pain.
Isn’t the line easy to draw?
A white man is a white man.
A black man is a black man.
A white man is a white man?
Is he?
A black man is a black man?
Is he?
No. Surely, the line is not easy
to draw.
If a man is a man,
isn’t he—
a man?
White and black.
Black and white.
Isn’t he a man?
Perhaps, the question is not white and black.
Perhaps, the question is just that—
Isn’t he a man?
History told us
No--