My Red Face Hurts By Jan Mercredi

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In the poem “My red face hurts” by Duncan Mercredi, the author has conveyed his message through describing the tragic events that are faced by many discriminated races to exemplify that people cannot face human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit. Mercredi has portrayed his message because he wants to emphasize the racial hatred and inequality various different races are experiencing. To begin with, one of the main subjects that the author has expressed in his emotion-filled poem is racial discrimination, how people torture many races and treat them like animals only because of their color. Mercredi stated “my red face hurts as I watch my brother die before me white bullets riddle my body and I hide my face …show more content…

We all are Gods creation, and no doubt He made us better than we think we are, everyone is equal and everyone has great qualities inside them and this leads to the second point which is about equality. Equality means that everyone in the society is treated similarly, no matter what race they belong to, but after reading this emotion-filled poem, it is declared that the native people are not treated equally. Mercredi states “my red face hurts as I watch a white man hiding his white sheet beneath his suit and tie condemn me because of one man's greed sentencing me to an early death my red face hurts as he smiles (Mercredi: 13-18)” The poet exemplifies that how the white people have more privileges and rights in the country, they have more power because of their color and due to this overwhelmed power they possess, they are extremely greedy. The white people treat the natives like slaves and make them work like animals until their life is close to an end. After this convoluted torture, they still are smiling. The white people have a heart like a stone because they have committed so many injustices that they can’t redeem their

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