Skin Game

How do you identfy Paula?
I'm white. Nearly White.
A bit of Native American.
Long ago and far away...
 
DOES IT MATTER?
 
Some other family members are mixed:
white/black & white/brown...
One married an Chinese girl twice...
Are mixed kids "told" their race?
 
DOES IT MATTER?
 
Can't we see the person...
Inside the "color"?
Does your precieved color...
determine who you are or aren't?
 
DOES IT MATTER?
 
Some people will say...
first black ball player...
first black Governor...
like it's a miracle!  Ta Da!  Or...
 
He's black with no daddy...
he'll never be anything...
Born to fail! Born for prison.
Society predetermines him!
 
YES IT FUCKING MATTERS?
 
We are all equal...
men and women...straight and gay...
young, old and disabled -
in all our shades of skin.
 
We are the sisters and brothers...
mothers and fathers...
daughters and sons...
and every kin in every skin!
 
YES IT FUCKING MATTERS?
 
Let me start again...
I'm Paula. Just Paula.
See Paula. Not White Paula!
I don't play the skin color game!
 
Who are you?