POEM" “Stereotypes”

Stereotypes...

My nerves

get shivers

at the sight of a crowed.

As the cloud

it weighs heavy

leaving me rigid, unsteady

and sometimes anxious.

It can be tedious.

I've had high days

and low moments.

The cheers

and the jeers

accompanied by boos

And wows.

Not forgetting the standing ovations.

So listen and applaud

and laud.

This is a presentation.

“The single story creates stereotypes,

and the problem with stereotypes

is not that they are untrue,

but that they are incomplete.

They make one story

become the only story.”

That all whites are racist

and all blacks are violent.

That all slaves were black

and every part of hell is dark

That the devil is black

and God is white.

That all Muslims are terrorists

and all men are misogynists

That every nation in Africa is poor

and ravaged by war.

That all lawyers

are liars.

That all pastors

and politicians are thieves.

That all women are weak

and must be meek.

That all Tom-girls

and sissy boys

are gays

and doomed are their ways.

That all physically challenged

persons are incapacitated

These single stories

leaves a person in the ...

They appear lost.

Worst,

single stories

deplete the truth

and you are a living proof.

“The single story creates stereotypes,

and the problem with stereotypes

is not that they are untrue,

but that they are incomplete...”

This should help, perhaps.

That not all whites are racist

and not all blacks are violent.

Not all Muslims are terrorists

and not all men are mesogynist

That not all slaves were black

and not every part of hell is dark

That God is not white

and the devil is not black.

That not every nation in Africa is poor

or ravage by war.

That not all Tom-girls

or sese boys are gays.

That not all physically challenged

persons are incapacitated.

These are social frames

that must be dismantled.

You need information, perhaps.

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SOURCE: cmcmghana.blogspot.com/ Nathaniel Crabbe/ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie