I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I…

I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek —
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.

Sourced, Let America Be America Again, from A New Song (1938)

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