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Cotter, Jr. Joseph Seamon: Is It Because I Am Black?

Portre of Cotter, Jr. Joseph Seamon

Is It Because I Am Black? (English)

Why do men smile when I speak,
And call my speech
The whimperings of a babe
That cries but knows not what it wants?
Is it because I am black?
 
Why do men sneer when I arise
And stand in their councils,
And look them eye to eye,
And speak their tongue?
Is it because I am black?



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Mert fekete vagyok? (Hungarian)

Miért mosolyognak az emberek, ha megszólalok,
s miért mondják,
hogy olyan a szavam, mint a csecsemőé,
amely gügyög, de nem tudja, mit akar?
Mert fekete vagyok?
 
Miért vigyorognak, ha felállok
gyülekezeteikben
és a szemükbe nézek
és a nyelvükön  beszélek?
Mert fekete vagyok?



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Source of the quotationK. A.

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