missamerica
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As the days go pass green grass still rise.
The world didn’t stop, not even for a second.
Still standing in immense pain.
My heart still lingures to hear you say...
How you doing Miss America?
Months of endless preperation
Perfecting the smallest of things
Weeks of no sleep
Putting your heart into it all
Putting your soul inot it all
All for a crown and title
They said
When I was younger, I never cared about what other people looked like,
About the color of their skin.
None of that ever mattered to me.
My parents taught me to look deep down inside of a person;
Freedom of speech
Or freedom to be rude
Freedom of religion
More like freedom for discrimination
Let’s get real here
People are racist
Especially my generation.
I am happy
for her,
She has beauty
and heart,
She deserves it
for sure,
Her soul
is true art,
All those who disagree,
Calm down and
let the girl be.
Smile.
Most of you may think it is impossible,
Irrelevant and insignificant.
Laughter and joy is what comes next,
Eternal peace if you just Smile.
I look everyday on TV and see
I cannot relate
To these pageants queens who exemplify the "perfect" mate
And I question my beauty
My worth
And I wonder what can I change?
Its sad when the world today
lets history cloud its judgement.
When Americans who saw the double flames continue to burn
and their hearts to flambe. In the sixties, we were willing to crown a goat Miss America,
Diverse
Different
Special
Unique
These are traits
that determine
real beauty.
Smart
Intelligent
Strong
Caring
Empathetic
These are traits
that make a
America is supposed to be one nation, the land of the free
the melting pot that allows for all walks of people and diversity
We grow up taught that each citizen has the right to life & liberty
along with
"Worlds and War and Western thinking run on repeat like broken records
Eurocentric Euphuisms like West expansion
Exploration, Manifest Destiny, and Spreading Democracy
Are just tactful translations from truth as
The lines are blurred
You all see an Arab woman
I see an Indian woman
Powerful to rise above
A patriarchal society
A respresentation of American society
You all see Al-Qaeda
I see men
