When you say those people,
Do you mean that we are all from the Motherland,
Black, White, Spanish, there’s no racial divide,
Or do you break it down, putting us on separate sides?
When you say those people,
Do you mean the color of my skin,
The fact that I’m black, disregarding what’s within.
Putting all of us together, Haitians, Jamaicans, Dominicans, or
Even worse saying Africans when in fact if you look;
There are Ethiopians, Nigerians, Ghanaians, Senegalese and even more of them?
When you say those people,
Do you break it down even more, only classifying me as Canadian?
I see you- forgetting that I’m also Haitian.
I can see why you’re confused because
I was once confused myself;
Always saying Canadian-Haitian instead of Haitian-Canadian.
Maybe you forgot the second part or maybe
It’s the same reason why some African- Americans
Can’t seem to accept that we are all African descent.
When you say those people,
What exactly do you mean?
It’s funny-
Because those people are my people.
Just like those people are your people.
So who am I?
I am a proud Haitian, because I can say-
My people survived one of the biggest earthquakes in history.
I am a proud Haitian, because I can say-
My people are the first slave nation to gain its independence.
I am a proud Haitian, because I can say-
My people share an island with our Dominican brothers and sisters.
I am a proud Haitian, because I can say-
My people are the most superstitious people and I love it.
I am proud African, because I can say-
My people survived slavery.
Last but not least,
I am from the motherland, because I can say-
RACE IS NOT SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN.
{Human Gene Project state that we are 99.9% alike}**