Why do I have to like your culture
You don't have to like mine
So why is it a crime for me to cover my ears because your music makes me flinch when you insult my every move
Why is it a crime for me to politely decline your food because the taste isn't for me
Why is it a crime for me to decide not to partake even when I say your life is yours and it's not my business
Why is it a crime for me to walk out because me not liking your culture is my problem
Why is it a crime that your identity isn't a perfect fit for mine
Why is it a crime to say that your activism isn't helpful
Why is it a crime to say that you shouting from the rooftop hurts my ears when I haven't done anything against you and I've tried saying it's okay for you to be you
Why do you have to change me for you to be you
Why do I have to fight your battles when I didn't do anything against you
Why can't I just not fight
Why do I have to fight with you when I'm comfortable to live my life and let you live yours
Why do you have to take up my space when I don't touch yours
Someone else pushed you over and I can't help you up without you thinking that means I want inside your house
Why is it controversial to keep to myself
Why does nobody want to talk to me when I'm scared to try new things
Because the first new space made me cry
The second new space told me I didn't get to try it
The third new place called me a "dumb white girl"
And the fourth new place called me a little bitch for crying at the spice levels
I want to try new things but I'm dropped like an old fashioned hat when I hesitate
You're so hostile with pushing your space on me that I don't even wanna try it. I want to run away.
Why can't I be proud of my space without being labeled as a bigot
Why can you be proud of your culture but I can't?
Why does being proud of my culture mean stepping on other people
Why can't I say "I like my skin" without feeling like I just committed 800 microaggressions
Why can't I say "I love my country" without being scoffed at
Why can you run me over with a pride parade and a foreign ethnicity safe space I'm not allowed to go into
I have nothing to be proud of because all the things I am are things that make the rest of the world feel bad
And I am entitled for making it about me because I am a majority with privilege and me being uncomfortable is apparently a hate crime
I can't say I felt uncomfortable in my skin because I get a: "Oh poor you, with all your privilege"
I don't even know what you're talking about
I was born like this and nobody told me anytjing about any separation or limitations
You put the labels on yourselves when you said: "You can't talk to me, this is ethnicity and culture only"
I don't understand you people
If you hate the labels why do you take pride in them
Why am I different than you
Why did you separate your culture from ours
WHY DID THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SEGMENT OF OUR CHURCH DECIDE TO SEGREGATE THEMSELVES ON TUESDAYS WHEN WE TOLD THEM WE WELCOMED THEM IN
WHY DO ALL THE IMMIGRABT KIDS ONLY HANG OUT IN THE "CULTURAL SAFE SPACE" AT SCHOOL
I WANT DESPERATELY TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN ME
SO WHY THE FUCK DO YOU KEEP SEPARATING YOURSELVES AND THEN TELLING ME I'M OPPRESSING YOU
AND I'M UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE WHY CAN'T WE JUST GET ALONG
WHY ARE YOU SEPARATING YOUR CULTURE AND THEN STUFFING IT DOWN MY THROAT
LET ME COME OVER ON MY OWN TERMS AND SAY HI
