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“You’re so militant, chill.”

I wish I could have said that to the people who used us as slaves

In our own land

I wish I could have said that to the people who pillaged my city

And turned me into a diaspora

So that the smell of the soil in my land will forever be a foreign artifice

I wish I could have said that to border control as he used profanities

To diminish my mothers self worth in a record time of 10 seconds

Because God knows none of us belong here

Not even the indigenous people, apparently

So when You give me that “I’m feeling personally targeted”

or “This is not a safe space for me”

or “Why does everything have to be about race?”

Remember that I feel targeted every time I apply for a job

And the interviewer looks at me like I am worthless

Because of the colour of my skin

Remember that this country is not a safe space for me

Just go to Limington and give the migrant workers a little visit

Remember that I was targeted when they forced me to unlearn my language

And that You are nothing but a barrier

And that You are irrelevant

And that every single one of my lived experiences is about race

So You can fuck off now.

-Aaliya

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