Tuesday, 21 September 2010
at 08:06 | 0 comments | arroyo
they call me hispanic
they call me hispanic, latino, brown
what do they know?
they call me wetback, chicano, tex-mex
they build a wall
they say we're good fo'nuthin', yet use our tax dollars
for pumping petrol in their border patrol
they call me hispanic, latino, brown
mandatory labelling, profiling frenzy
they knock our doors in the middle of the night
asking for josé, for hernán and rita
they won't let our children speak spanglish
and yet they order undocumented fajitas
they send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes,
but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong
they call me hispanic, latino, brown
they build a wall
silvia arroyo (El Paso, TX, 1972)
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