That fake celebrity aura
that was pulling
that energy that was asking me to do much
for them, running after me every day every time
convicing me to praise them and never to stop
does she like me, what is she saying about me
And the rage of not being obeyed
She's black so she's use to pain
double the rocks we throw on her body
She thought I was talking about sprinting
this American girl: she said about us "she's can't speak good English
we are at the American school in Somalia
young; the cheerleaders and I; with me; the three of us
all Somali; she was alone, listening to us, and knew we
were cheerleaders of our school. Angry that she was alone
and that our candidate won
We never saw her again
we see each other other all the time
the Somalis, us being the cheerleaders
we enjoyed our private joke against her
(they) (she) don't speak good English
Now 30 years years plus we
sit and talk about the sense of superioty she felt over us
Yet our school was an English international too, and our sport coaches were as good as theirs
I was one of the sport coaches at that age.
The Italian and the American school hated
our International school because we were multicultural and they weren't
we were allowed to learn Hindi, Sanskrit etc. , and other conventional subjects
Years later working in Europe, during a training for a new job in an American company
I heard this British guy talk to a client/customer on the phone and harshly ask him if he spoke English.
Again I was hurt: hurt that world hasn't changed much
Here is a someone they want to sell an expensive product to
Yet they kill them with their racism