The New Massahs

America has always been about color;

not black,

not white,

not brown,

not yellow;

America has always been about color;

slavery was never about race or

white supremacy,

slavery has always been about economics,

pure and simple,

using black men just made it feasible,

gave it a sort of justified nobility,

did skin color matter to the Romans,

when they enslaved conquered nations?

did it matter to African chiefs and sultans, who

enslaved their own people,

then sold them to white slave traders?

do you really think plantation owners cared

about the skin color of their cheap,

disposable, work force?

don’t you think they would have used

poor, uneducated whites, and saved

all those costs of traveling half-way

around the world, if they could have

gotten away with it?

but the truth is they couldn't

so they justified it with black men,

brought from the dark continent of Africa;

after all, they weren't real men

were they?

slavery has never been about race

or the color of skin,

it has always been about something

much deeper,

it has always been about those who have,

taking from those who have not,

fear of homelessness and starvation

has replaced bullwhips and chains,

fear of losing what little one has

provides the new slaves of choice,

who patiently wait for crumbs

from the Massah’s table;

the new Massahs come in all colors,

but they all have one color

in common;

green is the color of true power

and domination,

green is the color of the new Massah;

America has always been about color.

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