People Devoid of Color

PEOPLE DEVOID OF COLOR

Why would one aspire to be colorless?
Why does one describe himself/ herself colorless?
Who would draw himself/ herself colorless?
How would he/she do that?

I despise the expression people of color,
As much as white sharks despise the N_ word.
I am offended by being named a suspect of color.
I feel better as any shade of brown than colorless.

Spending my childhood in caucasian Europe puzzled my little brain.
My schoolmates would draw myself pink, while I'd draw themselves beige.
It took me 30 years and a lifetime adventure in the Ocean of Hypocrisy to unmount the puzzle.
Are colorless humans humanless pink suspects?

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Bellevue 18N, NYC
11/23/2022
Creative Art Group led by Ann Goodstein