Latoya's+Poetry+Page+2010

** Eugenics Then, Eugenics Now ** __ Darwin __ may be gone However his ideals still live on     The race to better a person Has not been complete Before it was sterilization* Now it’s //virtual sperm and egg banks// Everyone wants to stop dysgenic hereditary practices Abort the **degenerate** children Cull^ out the bad However all children deserve a life?? We call Hitler the devil But American ideals he coined Legalized abortion we promote You say these kids are evil Yet these kids have not lived __ How can a life unlived be determined? __    A person is a person Until there background comes into __play__ If your father was a thief You will be a thief If your mother was a prostitute A prostitute you will be      Whatever happened to you can be whatever you want to be      You chose your destiny We say Eugenics is dead Really it’s all discreet // Crypto-Eugenics* // Better known as family planning (FPA) Darwin had vasectomies We have abortion Hitler wanted to kill the unfit We want to “create a beautiful child” ** Yesterday ** or //Today// Eugenics is still alive Natural selection is on the prowl Only the fittest will live Everyone gets a chance life But only if your family’s background is right
 * I Am **  The //Victorious One//    A famous and renowned **warrior** who is honored by others    By name definition of course    Been considered as **strong willed**    As I __strive__ everyday in this 5’8 125lb body    Headed for unexpected ** greatness **    It’s obvious my caramel brown complexion does not define me   [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/11CLEC%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="20"]] I’ve been labeled before    Through these brown eyes though //lies the only path I see//    Label white if that’s how you feel   //__ Misguided __// I refused to be    Label me black if that’s what you want   ** Ignorant ** I will never be    See those perspectives mean nothing to me    All will be well when I SHED those labels    When I __accomplish__ the unimaginable    Don’t get it confused however    For the **African American** girl    The ** Native American ** girl    Even the ** French Creole ** girl    My ethnicities is what brings me strength    They are just a // p a r t o f m e //    However they **//__do not__//** define me      I am my -- own -- person   // H o l d I n g // my own ground    As you cast your views    My head held high I stand    For there are no shackles on my feet    Nothing holds me from being me    Even racial ** barriers ** can’t trap me    So put me down  // Cast // your stones   Standing strong    With my feet **firm** on the ground    I’ll continue to __march__ for the Indians    Strive forward to my goals for the Blacks    Defend my pride for the French    For today I am your labels    Tomorrow I’ll be the one you will admire    - Latoya Cleckley