Untitled Poem by José Olivarez, Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA
joseg.olivarez@gmail.com
"Try speaking English, this is the United States"- Lauren Geary
And if you don't learn,
try speaking bombs,
oil and air strikes,
this is the United States.
Try speaking eugenics,
forced sterilization, said
don't you know your racial hierarchy?
Try speaking Navaho,
we'll give you Purple Star,
a Hollywood movie,
but not your land.
This is America.
You must teach
your hands English
so they don't drive in Spanish,
I'm concerned for your safety.
Do not burden us
with your presence
and remind us
there are others not so fortunate.
Leave us
to pretend we are all
alone on this continent
speaking a universal tongue
do not shatter our Dream
bubble.
It is not your language.
It is you
we find offensive,
like love and peace.
Please don't make us
assimilate,
civilize,
democratize you.
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