Are you important?
Are they important?
Am I important?
Am I?
Define important.
Define importance.
Don’t rely on Merriam.
Don’t rely on Oxford.
That’s why you’re mistaken–
You think they know all.
Are looks important?
Are colors important?
My looks can’t stand the mirror;
My skin is brown–
I am in Hawai’i–
I cannot avoid the sun.
But it does not mean
I am blind
To see what is done.
Prejudice
Is a blind spot,
Men can’t simply overcome.
Rephrase,
rephrase,
What is important?
A. Lives
B. Respect
C. Equality
D. Empathy
E. All of the above.
Indignity is a crime against humanity;
It’s an insult to civility.
Lyrics, Sentiments and Me 
So true Aina. Respect, dignity, equality, empathy, and of course life are core values and rights in my view
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It is sad that some don’t even honor all of it at all, Brad.. It’s understandable if we are talking ofthe prison community, wherein some of those rights are considered privileges. But we are in a free world,and yet blatant disregard for those rights are happening and have been on going for ages.
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sadly true
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