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Poetry of Aileen, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Jan 31, 2008 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

Society doesn't want to see minorities succeed
Especially hispanics who are so in need

Poverty is an issue for us and counseling is a must
We've taken many wrong directions because in no one we cant trust

We become teenage mothers and quit school
We have no one to guide us to show us it's not cool

They rate us in statistics and judge us by the majority
We don't get a turn to learn and earn and we get no priority

They might call us spic or hick, or use other racial comments
They hate to view us as important as doctors, lawyers, or sargeants

We go through embarassment and sometimes even through harassment
What they don't know is that we are, in fact, intelligent

I got my Associates Degree, but that's not where I want to be
I won't give up, until my masters, I acheive

I would like to see my people accomplish more or less the same
To show our cruel society, we are not all about the game

We need to stick together to prove we are not lame
And of our culture, we have no shame

Published by Poetry of Aileen

I'm a single mom of three, observing where my children, and I have been, and what we've become today; and what will be of us tomorrow, picturing it and putting it into words... I would love to become an ind... View profile

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