little brown women

[billy]

that's the thing, he isn't talking about anyone's daughter, i have asian grand kids. does this poem pertain to their lives,; of course not. the poem is literal as far as i can make out and speaks of little brown woman. it's sad if we can't call a spade a spade sometimes it's just a cigar.

i disagree that the poem isn't well written. i think it is technically solid. a silly little poem, trivial, a cliche, a bit boring [if not for the subject], but most poetry is boring anyway.

regardless, the racism thing is minimal, and i don't consider the term 'brown women' to be racist, at least not in a universal-context sort of way. brown skinned women is preferable, though. but the sexism! my god, 'little women'? seriously? 'i love little women' then 'i love little brown women'? see, to me it just sounds condescending as fuck. if i were a brown skinned woman i would be like 'get ta fuck, you patronising cunt!' [i have two brown skinned daughters, and i am certain they wouldn't appreciate this appellation being applied to them - and i certainly would appreciate anyone talking about them like that either.]
i want to say more, but i am tired, and i have work in the morning.



i definitely don't think the poem should be censored, though. because that is the problem with freedom of speech; once something gets banned or censored, you have to then start defending freedom of speech, which is boring; instead of, what you would like to be doing, using it.