I’M SORRY FOR YOUR IGNORANCE

by ALYSSA

Verdammt Dich!
I’m sorry,
but I’d rather not argue
with some one half of my IQ.
The way I fight,
you’re guaranteed to lose.
It’s a battle of wits,
but you came unarmed.
When this conversation started,
no one meant you any harm.

We came to talk about school,
but then you came in,
because you thought you were cool;
Guess what:
you’re not smart.
I’m sorry; ‘s that your ignorance showing?
Don’t even start.
You’ve got stereotypes down to a fine art,
and on behalf
of all the people you claimed were represented,
I apologize for this daft,
rude,
lowlife who’s so crude.

Verdammt Dich!
I’m sorry,
but I’d rather not argue
with some one half of my IQ.
The way I fight,
you’re guaranteed to lose.
It’s a battle of wits,
but you came unarmed.
When this conversation started,
no one meant you any harm.

You thought you’d be impressing your friends
by “intelligently” addressing a trend
in my behavior

“…brown-nosing nerdy white bitch – no one cares about you…”
ah,
but how untrue
There’s a difference between brown-nosing and being polite
and a difference between bitching and knowing what’s right.
You may say no one cares about me,
but you’re just looking for a fight,
and besides,
I’ll always love me,
so I don’t care.
As for being white,
let make you wiser for wear.
You may find specificity is key here:
I
am
Mexican, Russian, German, Native American, and Irish.
Half of this ‘white’ background of mine isn’t really Anglo,
and they share suffering and pain through history
as every other race,
because they all have a story:
Mexican workers movement
Soviet Union
Hitler’s Oppression,
Trail of tears,
“Before the Irish Became White”,
anything ring a bell?!

No?
Of course not I shouldn’t think so highly.
Ugh!

I guess my point is just
that to me,
it’s still a mystery
why you use your ancestor’s history
as an excuse for your foolish strife,
as a reason to hold on to racism
when we just want to let it go.
No,
I won’t fight you,
and further than this,
I won’t spite you.
(mostly because it’s a waste of breath)
I just want you to know that you’re hurting yourself,
not resolving the conflict we came here for.