Poems against discrimination
After talking about Black History Month, discrimination ans prejudice, the students had to write a poem against discrimination of any form. They did an excellent job. Here are their poems. (They may contain errors)
Insulting is not Loving
Insulting is not loving
Insluting’s not respecting
It is not because I'm black
That you should think I am wack
They take my kindness for weakness
They take my silence for speechless
I do want to stand up for myself
Only,I can’t do this by myself
They consider my success accidental
Treat us as we were unemotionale
Black population has the same brain as them
Why would we be less intelligent than them
Let’s fight for our people
Though it is not simple
It’s not fantasyland
We want to see the end
Iuliana Corabieru and Grace Tokou
Insulting is not loving
Insluting’s not respecting
It is not because I'm black
That you should think I am wack
They take my kindness for weakness
They take my silence for speechless
I do want to stand up for myself
Only,I can’t do this by myself
They consider my success accidental
Treat us as we were unemotionale
Black population has the same brain as them
Why would we be less intelligent than them
Let’s fight for our people
Though it is not simple
It’s not fantasyland
We want to see the end
Iuliana Corabieru and Grace Tokou
Love Has no Boundaries
I’m in couple with this cute guy
He is so sweet and has brown eyes
Our tradition and religion
Are so different, he’s not christian
But my parents do not agree with me
They want to send him back in his country
They are always saying that I’m dreaming
And because of that my heart is bleeding
They say that he’s just good at shooting
Because of what they see on tv
They say that he’s going to beat me
But it’s in his arms that I’m crying
Why people don’t like differences?
They should not have preferences
And they should stop judging others
Because at the end, we are all brothers
Jamie-Lee Chamberland
Alejandra Ortiz Ortiz
I’m in couple with this cute guy
He is so sweet and has brown eyes
Our tradition and religion
Are so different, he’s not christian
But my parents do not agree with me
They want to send him back in his country
They are always saying that I’m dreaming
And because of that my heart is bleeding
They say that he’s just good at shooting
Because of what they see on tv
They say that he’s going to beat me
But it’s in his arms that I’m crying
Why people don’t like differences?
They should not have preferences
And they should stop judging others
Because at the end, we are all brothers
Jamie-Lee Chamberland
Alejandra Ortiz Ortiz
Do something!
I wake up every morning
I'm afraid to go shopping
They will say I'm disturbing
They don’t understand a thing
Why would they say thing like that
Why do they react like that
We are not the same color
But our brain is not smaller
When my son comes back from school
He tells me it’s not so cool
Because other kids are cruel
They tell him that he’s a fool
I don’t know what I could do
I know you understand too
I only want this to end
We have no more time to spend
Noémy Gagnon and Naomie Lavoie
I wake up every morning
I'm afraid to go shopping
They will say I'm disturbing
They don’t understand a thing
Why would they say thing like that
Why do they react like that
We are not the same color
But our brain is not smaller
When my son comes back from school
He tells me it’s not so cool
Because other kids are cruel
They tell him that he’s a fool
I don’t know what I could do
I know you understand too
I only want this to end
We have no more time to spend
Noémy Gagnon and Naomie Lavoie
A hat’s story
It was a beautiful monday
A “sunny sky without cloud” ‘s day
A short walk to the nearly store
To buy some clothes multicolore
The biggest black hat on his head
Was an ugly thing, some men said
His pink coat was looking crazy
And make everyone scary
He slowly walked, when his hat fell
A man threw it on the door’s bell
People are secretely looking
But no one is doing something
When a tall guy arrived quickly
And can take the hat easily
The hat is back to the owner
And now, the trouble is over
Sara-Maude Brisebois and Mariane Lebeau
It was a beautiful monday
A “sunny sky without cloud” ‘s day
A short walk to the nearly store
To buy some clothes multicolore
The biggest black hat on his head
Was an ugly thing, some men said
His pink coat was looking crazy
And make everyone scary
He slowly walked, when his hat fell
A man threw it on the door’s bell
People are secretely looking
But no one is doing something
When a tall guy arrived quickly
And can take the hat easily
The hat is back to the owner
And now, the trouble is over
Sara-Maude Brisebois and Mariane Lebeau
My Ancestors
My ancestor were borned black
Always had to watch their back
The white people were distend
It did not change since then
We all had to fight
Even if you cried
Never had mercy
Until we all died
It's time for us to shine
We should all be equal
Some people might decline
We'll be great after all
Christina Rumba
My ancestor were borned black
Always had to watch their back
The white people were distend
It did not change since then
We all had to fight
Even if you cried
Never had mercy
Until we all died
It's time for us to shine
We should all be equal
Some people might decline
We'll be great after all
Christina Rumba
Liberty!
Black people getting shot in USA
Black people are in danger
Just because of their colour
Being black in States ain’t safe
In the night we must be brave
Being harassed is lame
Must be something to claim
Our cultures ain’t the same
But we’re not ashamed
USA streets are dangerous
For our people it’s scandalous
People always think we’re gangsters
Should know that ev’ryone matters
When I say liberty
They won’t listen to me
you can’t choose who you are
So do not start a war
Baracha Charles and Deborah-Ann Zobo
Black people getting shot in USA
Black people are in danger
Just because of their colour
Being black in States ain’t safe
In the night we must be brave
Being harassed is lame
Must be something to claim
Our cultures ain’t the same
But we’re not ashamed
USA streets are dangerous
For our people it’s scandalous
People always think we’re gangsters
Should know that ev’ryone matters
When I say liberty
They won’t listen to me
you can’t choose who you are
So do not start a war
Baracha Charles and Deborah-Ann Zobo
Discrimination on Immigration
I’m from another country
Nobody want’s to see me
If you want me to return
Like the other take your turn
Do you realize
I want an happy life
In a world where im free
But it isn’t easy
Why are you judging me for my beliefs?
But what is a tree without leaves?
It doesn’t matter what you may believe,
If we respect each other, it will be a relief.
We speak different languages
Is this the reason why we have so many damages?
No, it’s because we think we’re the centre of the world.
When in the end we’re only just one of many in the world.
Emile Bernier and Jacob Chardonnay
I’m from another country
Nobody want’s to see me
If you want me to return
Like the other take your turn
Do you realize
I want an happy life
In a world where im free
But it isn’t easy
Why are you judging me for my beliefs?
But what is a tree without leaves?
It doesn’t matter what you may believe,
If we respect each other, it will be a relief.
We speak different languages
Is this the reason why we have so many damages?
No, it’s because we think we’re the centre of the world.
When in the end we’re only just one of many in the world.
Emile Bernier and Jacob Chardonnay
Color Doesn't Matter
You think I am a thief
That’s a racist belief
Color doesn’t matter
You have to be smarter
We are not perfect
But we want respect
We should stop judging
Because it’s hurting
Harrassement is wrong
But try to stay strong
The way we all dress
Should not cause you stress
Karla Venegas
You think I am a thief
That’s a racist belief
Color doesn’t matter
You have to be smarter
We are not perfect
But we want respect
We should stop judging
Because it’s hurting
Harrassement is wrong
But try to stay strong
The way we all dress
Should not cause you stress
Karla Venegas
Being a Woman
Wake up this morning
Having a meeting
Going on a flight
Arrive at night
I have a boss
That I can't trust
I am so lost
For him I'm dust
If I were just a man
All things would be different
No discrimination
I would have attention
I am a hardworking woman
Trying to be a goog human
I work as humanitarian
But it will never end.
Mélodie Ouellette and Lharissa Jn-Mary
Wake up this morning
Having a meeting
Going on a flight
Arrive at night
I have a boss
That I can't trust
I am so lost
For him I'm dust
If I were just a man
All things would be different
No discrimination
I would have attention
I am a hardworking woman
Trying to be a goog human
I work as humanitarian
But it will never end.
Mélodie Ouellette and Lharissa Jn-Mary
Discrimination
People have their own food,
We have our differences too.
Some people think they’re strange,
But we need to change.
Intimidating is bad,
But people don’t know that,
When they are acting bad,
The person is feeling sad.
You say you don’t have enough actors
But yet you have those negative roles
Why destroy an image that is ours?
Why putting people in the same bowl?
Black women are not all sassy,loud,like you say
Arab people are not terrorists,like you’re showing
Asian men are not all nerdy,weird,in this day
You don’t know that on people it can be growing
When I look around the room
I see every smile and I feel more doom.
I can’t write a simple word
That why am reject of this world
You reject me because you blind.
That why when I see, I see a little kind.
For destroy my life, I don’t need you self,
I can do it myself.
Raphaël Massé, Coralie Ménard and polina Smyshlyaeva
People have their own food,
We have our differences too.
Some people think they’re strange,
But we need to change.
Intimidating is bad,
But people don’t know that,
When they are acting bad,
The person is feeling sad.
You say you don’t have enough actors
But yet you have those negative roles
Why destroy an image that is ours?
Why putting people in the same bowl?
Black women are not all sassy,loud,like you say
Arab people are not terrorists,like you’re showing
Asian men are not all nerdy,weird,in this day
You don’t know that on people it can be growing
When I look around the room
I see every smile and I feel more doom.
I can’t write a simple word
That why am reject of this world
You reject me because you blind.
That why when I see, I see a little kind.
For destroy my life, I don’t need you self,
I can do it myself.
Raphaël Massé, Coralie Ménard and polina Smyshlyaeva
Good Old Southern USA
Walking alone,
Just kicking stones,
When I was stopped,
By racist cops.
One nigger the less,
The better, the shore,
There was no witness,
So they beat me more.
I went to jail,
I did nothing,
They did something,
They deserve hell.
We are all in the same family,
But divided by society,
We don’t deserve to be mistreated,
We want our rights to be respected.
In my cell, just biting dust,
With people that look like me,
I don’t know who we must trust,
Soon I'll join the Almighty.
Biting flowers by the roots,
These policemen are such brutes,
Racism will never end,
Even though this is our land.
Jeremy Moothien and Samuel Spicer
Walking alone,
Just kicking stones,
When I was stopped,
By racist cops.
One nigger the less,
The better, the shore,
There was no witness,
So they beat me more.
I went to jail,
I did nothing,
They did something,
They deserve hell.
We are all in the same family,
But divided by society,
We don’t deserve to be mistreated,
We want our rights to be respected.
In my cell, just biting dust,
With people that look like me,
I don’t know who we must trust,
Soon I'll join the Almighty.
Biting flowers by the roots,
These policemen are such brutes,
Racism will never end,
Even though this is our land.
Jeremy Moothien and Samuel Spicer
War on discrimination
It’s rare to see a couple like ours
Two men, two girls loving each other
Because of that, we can’t buy flowers
It’s hard to say it doesn’t matter
Being a woman is difficult
Getting paid less while working much more
We aren’t only toys for adults
So, stop calling women freaking whores
Our ways of thinking may be different
We aren’t all terrorists you should know
Sending us back home is an affront
Accepting us will make you heros
We may not be physically the same
dark skin, frizzy hair, slanting eyes
Throwing at us disgusting nicknames
It is facts, we do not dramatize
Ultimately, we all are humans
We shouldn’t fight, we should be at peace
That’s why we all need to take actions
For, one day inequity will cease
Mathieu Paradis, Jorik Brouwer
It’s rare to see a couple like ours
Two men, two girls loving each other
Because of that, we can’t buy flowers
It’s hard to say it doesn’t matter
Being a woman is difficult
Getting paid less while working much more
We aren’t only toys for adults
So, stop calling women freaking whores
Our ways of thinking may be different
We aren’t all terrorists you should know
Sending us back home is an affront
Accepting us will make you heros
We may not be physically the same
dark skin, frizzy hair, slanting eyes
Throwing at us disgusting nicknames
It is facts, we do not dramatize
Ultimately, we all are humans
We shouldn’t fight, we should be at peace
That’s why we all need to take actions
For, one day inequity will cease
Mathieu Paradis, Jorik Brouwer
The Blue Flower
Christmas at my grandparents
I’m eating unlady like
Under everyone’s judgement
Their hard stares are screaming Yikes
What kind of woman are you?
Said my old grandfather
Those words left me feeling blue
Day by day he gets harsher
I get a normal job
Without anyone’s aid
Yet I get underpaid
And treated like a snob
In the darkness of the night
Not able to find the light
I walk faster in the streets
Always stumbling on my feet
Arriving at home all alone
Ignoring my ringing phone
I cried in the shower
Feeling like a small flower
My innocence was taken away
In a dark alley so far away
None of you believed my tears
And that was one of my deepest fears
By Maria Rodrigues, Michelle-Ann Tanner and Ines Bravo Corona
Christmas at my grandparents
I’m eating unlady like
Under everyone’s judgement
Their hard stares are screaming Yikes
What kind of woman are you?
Said my old grandfather
Those words left me feeling blue
Day by day he gets harsher
I get a normal job
Without anyone’s aid
Yet I get underpaid
And treated like a snob
In the darkness of the night
Not able to find the light
I walk faster in the streets
Always stumbling on my feet
Arriving at home all alone
Ignoring my ringing phone
I cried in the shower
Feeling like a small flower
My innocence was taken away
In a dark alley so far away
None of you believed my tears
And that was one of my deepest fears
By Maria Rodrigues, Michelle-Ann Tanner and Ines Bravo Corona
Beautiful Equality
We are not for consuming
We are not objects
Can you stop assuming
Because you are incorrect
We did not always have rights
But we always tried to fight
Were supposed to be equal
So why do you crave control
We all work the same hours a day
why can't we all be payed the same way
We are all talented and clever
Why take our money and make them richer?
We won't stop fighting for equal right
Because we only want to live our life
Not caring about what we wear
Living life like we don’t care
We are very strong
We all stand tall
And yes, we fall
But don’t we all
It doesn’t matter what you say
We love our self any way
Opposition our enemy
Beautiful woman we will be
Juliana Gingras, Megane Martel and Julia Roberge
Those same old problems
We must discuss
In order to adjust
Us woman
Are better then man
On this big planet,
To be a woman,
It is a problem
I’m not an open buffet
When you say I should be a maid
I just want to go in a glade
Always paid less
I don’t see a progress
Lea Robichaud and Mathis Khassim
We must discuss
In order to adjust
Us woman
Are better then man
On this big planet,
To be a woman,
It is a problem
I’m not an open buffet
When you say I should be a maid
I just want to go in a glade
Always paid less
I don’t see a progress
Lea Robichaud and Mathis Khassim
Discrimination Poem
I am different from the rest
My loved ones are afraid
They fear that we will fail
And also that I fell
My skin may change
But I'm the same as you
You may think I strange
But you dont know how I grew
People misjudge others
They always judge our brothers
Racism will always be there
But is because people is scared
All this pain
Will not be in vain
We will find a solution
To finally end this game.
Abdelkrim Bouktir and Samuel Salcedo
I am different from the rest
My loved ones are afraid
They fear that we will fail
And also that I fell
My skin may change
But I'm the same as you
You may think I strange
But you dont know how I grew
People misjudge others
They always judge our brothers
Racism will always be there
But is because people is scared
All this pain
Will not be in vain
We will find a solution
To finally end this game.
Abdelkrim Bouktir and Samuel Salcedo
English speaking cities
After talking about cities in the world where English is one of the official languages, student had to do a video to promote one of those cities. Here are their videos! (Since they were done by students, they may contain errors.)
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Marriane Lebeau and Lharissa Jn-Mary
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Emile Bernier and Mathis Khassim
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Christina Rumba and Karla Venegas
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Samuel Salcedo and Jeremy Moothien
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Baracha Charles and Deborah-Ann Zobo
Coralie Ménard and Polina Smyshlyeava
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Alejandra Ortiz and Jamie-Lee Chamberland
Juliana Gingras and Mégane Martel
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Julia Roberge and Noémy Gagnon
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Alessandra Picasso and Raphaël Massé
Jacob Chardonnay and Maxime verge
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Léa Robichaud and Grace Tokou
Maria Rodrigues and Iuliana Corabieru
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Ines Bravo and Michelle Ann Tanner
Abdelkrim Bouktir and Samuel Salcedo
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Jorik Brouwer and Mathieu Paradis
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