Tag: teasing

• Yellow Girl

  

  Too white to be black, Too black to be white, “They’ll throw you in the river when the two sides fight” Flat bottom, Picky hair, And thick thunder thighs, Freckles on my nose, lips and under my eyes, I’m a yellow girl, I’m a browning, I’m half-caste, I’m mixed race, And believe me; I’ve been…

  Serena Malcolm

  11 June, 2014

  Race

  back, bullying, childhood, colour, confidence, culture, emotion, ethnicity, hurt, identity, memories, mixed race, name-calling, pain, poetry, prejudice, race, reflection, scars, self-esteem, sticks and stones, teasing, white, words