Ism and Chism Game

International racism/otherism/xenophobia is not just brute force. It's pay gaps. It's ranking privileges based on your passport. It's having only bleaching creams and straightening hair products in your stores. It's biased litigation. It's the criminalization of immigration you profit from to thrive. It's baiting calls to officials towards people of certain hue in your building/hotel/resort you don't like simply due to the hue of their skin or the power of their nationality. It's blackmailing and leaving notes in the apartments of those you don't want in your building or in your neighborhood when you feel their presence is bringing down the property's value. It's subtle. It's systemic. And it is still a ***** problem. Just more finesse-able. The list is much longer. This is what broke my heart travelling around the world. The harsh reality that these isms do not only exist where I was born. These isms have been a pandemic across the world for eons. Now we see the light. So, like Bob Marley wailed, stand up for your right. Life is your right.🎶 Or like Billy Joel sang decades ago: We didn't start the fire🎶🔥 #thefoladora