COLOUR BLIND

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Black was black and white was white

we were taught when we were young

Never mix the two together

was the song so loudly sung

We never played with children

unless their skin was white

Somehow we all seemed to

know it just would not be right

So we grew up not knowing coloured

people or their culture

But it did not seem wrong to us

it was just second nature

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Then one day skin colours      

stopped influencing me

They had all blended together

so that I did not see

The difference between the colours

brown, yellow, black or white

And now I know that in my youth

it simply wasn't right

To let the prejudices of others

affect and spoil my view

Of those who looked different

for they were people too

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I'm sure the world we live in

would be a better place

If we'd learnt as children

not to segregate by race

And were shown by example what

was good and what was mean

Now I know the lessons taught

really should have been

Look behind the face and

see what lies within

Don 't simply judge a person

by the colour of their skin.