I’ve Been Called Worse – A Poem

Oreo – by city kids

Brew Bear – in college

Great hugger – by many

A black Seth Rogan – by an ex

Black – in my country

Negro – by a blind man

Gangster – by a stranger

Homie – by my white friend

My G – by a real G

Dawg – when we thought it was cool

Nigga but not Really a Nigga – by a coworker

Blanco – by my frat brother’s girlfriend

Moreno – by my frat brother

Handsome – by my Mom

Ugly – by a chick I rejected

That big black guy – by a white girl I didn’t know

The scourge of the earth – by a man with a gun

Too dark – by a Chinese student

Bitch – by a guy I wouldn’t fight

Asshole – by a woman I lied to

Dick – by another

Motherfucker – by friends and foes

Large Black Male in a report – by a security guard

Bum – by a vagrant

Chocolate teacher – by a Korean student

Field Nigga as joke – by friends

That guy over there – by some young lady at a party

Fucking Nigger – by a drunk