Poems of Benjamin Zephaniah by El Argentino Molesto

ladnerale — 2018-07-03 15:21:06 UTC

I waz whitemailed
By a white witch,
Wid white magic
An white lies,
Branded by a white sheep
I slaved as a whitesmith
Near a white spot
Where I suffered whitewater fever.
Whitelisted as a whiteleg
I waz in de white book
As a master of white art,
It waz like white death. 

People called me white jack
Some hailed me as a white wog,
So I joined de white watch
Trained as a white guard
Lived off the white economy.
Caught and beaten by de whiteshirts
I waz condemned to a white mass,
Don't worry,
I shall be writing to de Black House. Benjamin Zephaniah

ladnerale — 2018-07-03 15:28:06 UTC

 in his poem White comedy, he uses a resource as simple as infallible to demonstrate the strong pejorative connotation to which the word "black" is usually associated. How do you do it? Writing "white" every time you should say "black". Thus, the low world of sheep, magic or "black" lists, recreates it in an immaculate version of sheep, magic or "white" lists. And finishing off those verses "in negative" with a lethal lash of causticity: "Do not worry, I'm going to communicate with the Black House"

Ladner, Regué, Bettiolo

ladnerale — 2018-07-03 15:32:36 UTC