Racism as a Child in America In "What It's Like to Be a Black Girl (For Those of You Who Aren't)" Patricia Smith writes about her life as a child. In Patricia Smith's poem, she wishes that she is White, and not Black. She writes about how difficult life is for her being Black born in a white society. She didn't want to be labeled as a Black person. In many different ways we are …showed first 75 words of 963 total…

…showed last 75 words of 963 total…At the end I knew I couldn't change who I am and accept it that I'm Asian and be glad for who I am. I think the poem describes a lot about how life was for child that was not White growing up in a society of racism and prejudice. Our society would be much better if we could put everything racial behind us and start a whole new clean slate where everyone is equal.