Ashamed of my race? <br />And of what race an I? <br />I am many in one. <br />Thru my veins runs the blood <br />Of Red Man, Black Man, Briton, Celt and Scot, <br />In warring clash and tumultuous riot. <br />I welcome all, <br />But love the blood of the kindly race <br />That swarthes my skin, crinkles my hair, <br />And puts sweet music into my soul.<br /><br />Joseph Seamon Cotter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-mulatto-to-his-critics/
