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De jure rights

De facto pariah

Made to settle for proximity

Poor substitute for equality

Your polishing cloth

Your only point of contact

Stand equal to them

And watch them scatter

No one is safe from the stain

They smell oppression on you

Where you come, they flee

Sanctity closes its eyes

Ignorance is purity

Privilege is born from a crime

If we are equals

Then who are we

Ideology makes separation

Mere distance cannot

You may approach

But only as a servant

If you are worthy of respect

Then we are guilty

Empathy is the enemy

Alienation creates the nation

No one is safe from the stain

They smell oppression on you

Where you come, they flee

Sanctity closes its eyes

Ignorance is purity

Privilege is born from a crime