Gold Excellence
Poem for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
When they mock the melanin of your skin
the phenotype of your eyes
falsely proclaiming “Yellow Peril”
blindly painting our communities
like a faceless monolith
no differences between
our vast multitudes of
countries and islands
East and South-East
from the largest continent
Remember our true colors
we are Gold Excellence
gold melanin glimmering in this new country
gold hearts worth much more than our weight
gold bars traded for boat passage and refuge
laborious Midas hands turning wood to railways
seeking golden tickets to lands of opportunity
Reclaim the term of
Asian American, staying golden
not an umbrella term nor model minority
but the gold standard, an alloy of
solidarity, self determination, coalition building
united against racial injustice
towards the golden age of
freedom for all
About the Creator
Huong Vo
Aspiring poet, current career coach and facilitator in Canada
@ohhodgepodge @careerswithhuong.
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