Criticizing Colonialism in Straight English
By Age of the Diary on Dec 24, 2012 in: My Poems, America, colonial mentality, colonialism, empire, English, Filipino, Language, Philippines, poem, tongue
Foreigners are shocked at our impeccable English, Not knowing that we speak this because we were once servile, And we continue to educate our young in the tongue of the empire, Politicians, artists, intellectuals, and I decry colonialism In straight...