June 26-30, 2024

I. Don’t. Care.

if you’re black

or brown

or blue

or white

I don’t care

if you’re woman

or man

or parent

or child

I don’t care

if you’re poor

or rich

or gaining

or losing

I don’t care

I don’t care

about anything

but that you did this thing

not that you’re the first

“so-and-such”

to have done it

but that you

a person

did it

and more

that you are the person

who did it

I am so fed up with hearing people say “They are the first so-and-such to have done this thing, let’s give them praise.” We should give them praise, by all means, not because they’re the first so-and-such to have done that thing, but because they’re a person who has done a great thing.