I never thought of culture
Never knew I had one
Until I came to Canada
Cultural; ethnocultural,
Multicultural, racial
These are words political
Meant nothing to me before, nada
After all I am from Guyana
Land of six races
Big pretenders pretending races with no faces
No we are one big family
Loving each other and faithfully dancing to our own tunes
No one talked about discrimination
In this land of six plus nations
Yet there was segregation
Based on religion, ethnicity and
How far you got in your education
We turned a blind eye and a deaf ear
To socio-cultural-racial frictions we didn’t want to hear
Canada has taught me about multiculturalism
It has taught me I’ve got roots
Roots of discrimination that I’m trying to give the boots
Here in Canada things are clearer than back home
Racism is a zero-tolerance zone.
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