A famous author
Wanted to change a famous novel
Because of a controversy.
Sadly, she thought she was racist
For describing skin color.
Hurt, I said my piece.
What is my piece?
The stupid things we prescribe against.
To think racism is an inherent bias
In us, when it is not.
Being racist is a choice.
You ask any black man
He’ll tell you what racism is.
It is a choice.
It is not something implicit in us.
The Implicit Bias test is rigged.
It is a faulty test
Based on faulty psychology.
All that matters is that every day
You try to be the best person you can be.
You love your neighbor as you love yourself
No matter what they are.
Because when we give way on these small issues
Calling racist what is not racist
It creates hell on earth
For black and white.
B. K. Neifert 