About foreigners we’re prone to making a fuss <br />Because of the fact they just ain’t us <br />We seem to exult in this difference fear <br />And pray all who are foreign would just disappear <br /> <br />We blindly dislike their color of skin <br />They come from places we’ve never been <br />The way they talk we find far too alien <br />They’re not even Catholic or Episcopalian <br /> <br />Imagine a country with all look-alikes <br />Of teen-agers, grown-ups and all the small tykes <br />It might be judged, secure and for bigots alluring <br />But in truth it would be a nation most boring <br /> <br />Different people we’ve never met <br />Needn’t be perceived as a common threat <br />Pigeon-hold as negative adversity <br />But welcomed and added to our cultural diversity <br /> <br />Hopefully the time will come when differences won’t matter <br />When hearing assorted languages will sound less like chatter <br />When people will be judged individually, one on one <br />We’ll know then the war on bigotry will have finally been won<br /><br />Stanley Cooper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/they-just-ain-t-us/
