Social Commentaries
The Mulatto to His Critics
From The Band of Gideon, and Other Lyrics (1918)
Social Commentaries
Ashamed of my race?
And of what race am I?
I am many in one.
Thru my veins there flows the blood
Of Red Man, Black Man, Briton, Celt and Scot,
In warring clash and tumultuous riot.
I welcome all.
But love the blood of the kindly race
That swarthes my skin, crinkles my hair,
And puts sweet music into my soul.
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MLA
Jr., Joseph Seamon Cotter. “The Mulatto to His Critics.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotter_jr/1/.
Chicago
Jr., Joseph Seamon Cotter. “The Mulatto to His Critics.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotter_jr/1/.
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