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written by
benjimin zephaniah
he writes based on his
past
experiences
of being judged by his
race
the poem is about his
acedemics
being
stereo
typed
as
atheletic
by society
it is writen in
short
sharp
sentences - show he is
angry
and
blunt
it is a
comparison
poem
- one stanza of the poem comparing
stereotypical
veiws and another
mocking
them
it has alot of
colloquial
language
"i am
not
de
problem
"
"
sum
of me
best
friends are
white
"
it promotes to readers to stop
stereotypes
of
black
people
it compares to
half
-
caste
and
class
game