And just for the record, you don't have to be "against" white people to call them out for the discriminatory and unjust policies they have historically pursued against Arabs and other ethnic groups in the U.S. and around the world, be it in the name of stamping out "terrorism", protecting "American" jobs or spreading "democracy and capitalism".
No. This IS very clearly addressed to White America. To NOT see that is to do a superficial assessment of her poetry. It's disturbing to me how people hearing and watching this can miss the fact that MIKE is a symbol.
Think about how young girls and women reading this are going to feel about their bodies after reading your comments, and worse, how they will feel about the way MEN view women's bodies. SUHEIR, herself, has a lot to say on this topic. Check out her def poem: "Not Your Erotic, Not Your Exotic." She wrote this poem JUST for MEN LIKE YOU... ;)
WANNA TALK ABOUT BREASTS? Well, 1 out of every 2 people on the planet today have them, including your mother, your grandmother, your sisters and your daughters...WHAT would you say or do if a stranger wanted to discuss how big your daughter's breasts are rather than how big her talent /mind/heart is?
LET ME MAKE THIS REAL CLEAR.....REAL MEN DON'T OBJECTIFY WOMEN. She is not an object here for your sexual arousal. This is how SIMPLE-MINDED and WEAK men have become in our societies that they can't control what's between their legs or what comes out of their mouths....even if it disrupts the dialogue on critical issues.
I love this poem, short and sweet. She's very good; all of her work that I've heard is very heartfelt and thought provoking. I'd love to meet her, she seems like the type who could keep your attention for hours on end, if you're up to it. She's pretty hot, too.....
"Folks who looked like you stank so bad that the Indians smelled them before they landed!"...DAMN, lol. Kind of harsh in my opinion, but according to some, the arrival of the white man was predicted.....
Whether you agree or not, make no mistake, it was an assertive, unapologetic performance where she basically tells white folks in America and more specifically, those in a position to control American policy toward the rest of the world, to "check themselves". Humiliating Arab folks in airports and faking "random" searches is unjust, and so is America's dealings with much of the ethnic world. Here she calls us out on it, forces us to take a good look at what our fears are turning us into.
I think you guys are missing the point. The poem is set in a post 9/11 airport security terminal where "mike" represents christian-white America obsessed with policing, subjugating and safeguarding themselves against arabs and those defined as "other". The irony, the poem states, is that it is the "other" who ought to be afraid, as these same supremacist policies have genocidal consequences as in the case of Native Americans. Here, the stage becomes her soap box and the "mike" her microphone.
im loveing this poet.. she got skills, i wanna see more of this coloured poet.. he talks about real stuff that goes on in thsi day n age = white privileges, and their stereotypis prejudice views on people of colour, indeed ive been htrough the same thing at almost every airport...
I have to say to hubtubber assumptions make an ass out of you and only you. Let me put it another way you can under stand and not be so deeply offended. I won't say lot's but some arab Do have good money not just with oil , that was 1 example. I'm not saying everyone's rich or poor. Just like in America many people have good money but there are also a lot of people struggling as well. And I don't drink or smoke so why don't you quit whining and think about the point I was making. THINK
Lot's of Arabic people have good money. Especially when they own oil. There is good and bad in all kind of people, why is that so hard for people to understand?
@Edelois are you retarded, do you also think that everyone in texas is rich because of oil?
or that africans are filthy rich because of diamonds?
dude, the people of those arabian countries dont benifit from having oil, only the rulers do. if you see an arab owning a liqour store or a gas station, its because they got it through hard work and saving. not like you or people around you who piss their money on alcohol n drugs.
She isn't against white people, she's pointing out that both she and Mike have nothing to do with terrorism - it's hypocritical to assume she's a terrorist based on the actions of others, but not Mike, because people that looked like him have been responsible for murder too. Why judge her based on someone else's actions, but not judge Mike?
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Stereotyping is the best chance at being proactive against terrorism. Sorry, if you wore fishnets heels and a bikini and walked around at night people would think you were a prostitute. You wear a burka, shawl, or look middle Eastern you're going to raise some brows. Welcome to life, welcome to reality.
Had there been a rapist watch, and a rapist found who looked like mike, yeah he'd be getting the same looks.
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Ted Bundy is far less common than entire terrorist organizations supported, funded, and concealed by middle eastern countries. You're pitting an entire cult following against the random acts of single men. Ted Bundy did not lead a group, he was in it alone. Although I appreciate the perspective you're trying to paint, the comparison falls very short of reality. Point is the overwhelming majority of modern day terrorists look a lot like her.
Do they really? So you've made personal relations with terrorist organisations and they all look like her .... shiiiiiittt you must be good considering most governments including middle eastern warn citizens to be vigilant of ALL not just those who aren't or euro-caucasian descent!
I think you'll find you're the one being a ridiculous small minded bigot... how can you honestly post comments which promote negative ideologies that group all members of a particular ethnic background as terrorists why don't you do everyone a favour and grow up and get an education... she is a talented and intelligent person stop detracting from that with your racist slander
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I'm well educated, and far from bigoted however I am a steely eyed realist. If you were raped by a 6' tall white male, people would be weary of tall white males. When a country is attacked by a group of middle eastern religious fanatics, people will be weary of middle eastern religious fanatics. It's not racist, it's realist please come out from under your rock and join the rest of the world here in reality.
I live in the real world and wouldnt be wary or even weary as you put it (why I'd be tired mystifies me) of all men crawl from under your own rock see not everyone deserves to be tarred with the same brush as evil we live in multiracial, multicultural societies negatively discriminating against religions/ethnic groups due to a minority is ridiculous if we all operated that way Christians would be hated by the middle east, Germans would be shunned because of Hitler, Russians because of Stalin...
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Christians ARE hated by the middle east, Germans ARE shunned because of Hitler. If you lived in the real world you'd realize the difference between discrimination and racial profiling. Racial profiling is designed to prevent crime, discrimination is meant to limit one groups rights. The key word is reality here, please do not continue to pretend you're living in it.
Dear Moron, Christians are not hated in the middle east. That is the dumbest thing I ever heard. They have a significant Christian population. Yes, they're called Arab Christians. Wake up. They anamosity is toward AMERICANS - and rightly so. And yes, Arab Christians hate Americans too.. what do you expect when you bomb a million of their people?! I guess if you ever visit there, they should discriminate against you too :)
@Trailslayer The middle east is a third world COUNTRY?! LOL! Thank for the laugh. First of all, it's not a country. Second of all, it's not third world.. they're quite wealthy and live more lavishly than you.
Speaking of other countries, try visiting other FIRST world countries and see how welcomed you are. I've traveled all over Europe and the animosity against Americans parallels the same across the world.
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@nsam I never once said the middle east was a country, I never even mentioned any country specifically at all. Living lavishly? Nothing says lavish lifestyle more than wearing a blanket in the desert. Enjoy your archaic lifestyle and ideals
It's amusing to see how you retreat when you've acknowleged your obvious mistake and embarassement! You said "that's the last third world country" when I was talking about the middle east in general. Maybe you want to clarify which "country" you meant?
Yes, lavishly - throughout history and in modern times. It's a fact. Maybe you should do some research rather than generalize the Gaza strip for the entire middle east. Thats like me saying that Americans live in trailer parks. Enjoy your hate!
@nsam harboring animosty towards a people at large is silly idea. Stop generalizing Americans and assume every American supports what their government does, and that all Americans are responsible for the actions their country takes. Thats as bigoted an idea as the idea you are denouncing.
@RomanticShade then tell me where the Americans are that actually stand up for this belief that your stating. Tell me where they are, the ones who stood up against the government, who stood up together and supported their beliefs, who supported the falsely accused.
@Trailslayer so you think the asshole who shot up the Pentagon and the asshole who flew a plane into an IRS building or the pervert who killed that beautiful girl are going to have ALL white males be judged?! Get real man
ok bad example as far as religion but in terms of generalizing all the people that look like a certain group she's saying white males will NEVER have that stigma. despite all the serial killers and stuff.
According to you, the world should just generalize all races and hate everyone on the planet. Let's hate all Catholics/Christians for the holocaust, bombings of other countries, colonialism, imperialism, slave trade (oh boy! to many to list!). And let's hate all blacks for being drug addicts/criminals, let's hate the Jews who massacred Palestinians. Let's hate the hindus for killing other religions.
Wow, in "your" world, everyone deserves to be killed!
If you were raped by a 6' tall white male, people would be weary of tall white males .... joke! No one would be weary of tall white males! Because nobody generalises white people!
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what was the last white guy that blew himself up? Would it be wrong for the Native American's in the 17th and 18th century to target whites because they were killing them? of course not. today the threat comes from islamic extremism. she's a hypocrite. is she saying white people weren't a threat back then? of course they were! that's her point. and so is islamic extremism a threat now.
What about McVeigh in 1995? That was only 6 years before 9/11. And the constant bombing in North Ireland that's only recently slowed. Hmmm, I wonder wh were carrying those out. That's right, white Irish Catholics. White people are just as capable and involved in terrorism as anyone in recent history.
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there has been plenty of white terrorists but the VAST majority today are from muslim extremists. you can't really deny that unless you want to claim every war from the west was terrorist but that has nothing to do with racial profiling anyway. embassys are being bombed all over the world there's suicide bombings still happening in Iraq, Afghanistan. Indonesia just had 2 hotels bombed. And they are all coming from muslim extremists.
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Which is why EVERYONE is checked at the airport, some more thoroughly than others. Stop being so selfish and understand that because people who look like you massacred others, you have 15 minutes more inconvenience than someone else. If it were the other way around, I could handle it because in reality terrorists threaten us all. You should not feel so safe being a fellow terrorist, I mean Muslim.
Says you she didn't say there were NO Muslim terrorist just not all Muslims are terrorist just like not all terrorists are Muslim. The IRA aren't Muslim far as I know maybe you should find a Muslim person to talk to so you won't be so qucik to generalize.
She's pointing out just how "random" these random checks are... and how if she seems like a terrorist because of her skin tone and/ or where she might be from then why not everyone else. In this case she points out the person checking her bag "Mike"... and how he (or white people in general) is just as likely to be a terrorist then she is. And she backs this up by giving examples... think of what im trying to say and listen to the poem again
what a bitch. Shes spreading racial hate without even knowing it. She blames the europeans for disease yet does anyone know how the black plague started? Ahem, Rats from Asia. This bitch don't know shit.
u don't even know her. when people look at u and blame u for attacks of hateful men, stop u in the airport like u are a suspect. then u can judge her. colonist gave blankets that they knew had tuberculosis on it to families, things were not all on accident. there were about 13 million native people here and now there is only about 250,000. But does society look down on people that looked like the colonist everyday and remind them that there are hateful men that killed millions in their race too?
so why wasnt there a plague in Asia u fool? u have no real knowledge and u proved it wiv ur pathetic comment. jus what ur curriculum has taught u is what u know that if u know what that word means. U have never broken that barrier or blindfold over ur eyes. wake up from ur sleep.
This is the most horrible and biased poetry I've ever seen. She neglects to mention that her Muslim and Arab peoples were slave trading around the time the white man was "butchering the Indians. ".
What the fuck does that got to do with the present injustice she faces at the God damn airport?? You are an ignorant fool who can't distinguish times, eras of different oppression. Oh and by the way don't even compare the Asiatic Slave Trade to anything, without talking about the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Go and debate that shit somewhere else if you have a burning desire to, but not on Suheir's poetry. Your hate & feeble comments are unwanted. Peace!
the muslims prophet mohammad said this (and you please count back the years, or centuries this was said, and the compare it to the date africans were declared euqal in america)
"an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over a white - except by piety and good action. Mankind are all Adam's children and Adam was created out of clay"
it's not so much that she's calling white people out as a whole, that would defy the purpose of her poem anyway...her point is that just because she, too, is Muslim doesn't mean she's a terrorist, because she doesn't look at "Mike" and assume he's a terrorist...she gave the example of the native americans and how the white europeans took their land and at one point thought about spreading small pox through blankets...the point is, people of all races and all religions will do wrong...
suheir hammad and saul williams are my all time fav poets, they should work together, but on topic about this piece, i love it, that's how i feel alot, i get dirty looks and randomly checked too.
As an indian who gets randomly checked every fucking time.. this was horrible and did not capture the essence of being singled out and harassed/profiled.. just my personal opinion. dont ride my ass over it
As an indian who gets randomly checked every fucking time.. this was horrible and did not capture the essence of being singled out and harassed/profiled.. just my personal opinion. dont ride my ass over it
I can say you are still so much more angry ....my five year olds daughter is named abdalfattah and everytime I put my five year old on a plane with me I get checked as well as this innocennt child...something in life you have to over look n even though she overlooks she is still addressing get rid of the anger and you shall understand...not riding you ass just a point of veiw!
this video is messed up! fix it b/c it's my favorite piece.
brownpaperful 3 months ago
watch?v=ryQzmI5iLLI
iTube2b2 9 months ago 17
Who f.................ed with the sound meng! Re-upload this vid! Or does Suheirs truth hurt?
Beyjean 1 year ago 2
This is really gripping stuff.. Fix it.
Gabedont 1 year ago
the link i mean..
Gabedont 1 year ago
it's broken
Lyndziekitten 1 year ago
omg i'm in love
JimJamRazzMaTaz 1 year ago
it broke
ziggy36CB 1 year ago 2
re-upload please!!!!
Krounz44 1 year ago
Stupid Ass Video Upload. You Fail At Life For This.
cmofbarefoot 1 year ago 2
she's beautiful
twitter/Pierre_Gerard
dosxmucho 1 year ago
Hmm I see Fire!!
G2Kali 1 year ago
This video isn't playing audio, could you please re-upload it??
sigarahwakass 1 year ago
sound is all messed up wtf
cozmikgate 1 year ago
@cozmikgate I have the sae problem :'(
1i3F 1 year ago
Ey yo Mike. Who's gonna check you?? ... I love her.
hope4janah 1 year ago
What the hell? No audio, even on Mos' introduction??? This is more jacked-up than a 5th-grade science film, the visuals are even fucktarded!
AnntichristSCoulter 1 year ago 4
She is bad. I love me some poetry writing women, they snap their fingers, when having sex.
CSwiss 1 year ago
MrMofo4eva There WAS A PLAGUE IN ASIA! Shows how pathetic your history is.
floggingmollyfan4 1 year ago
its a poem damnit! its expressing how teh puet feel...NOT YOU !
LadyRyuga 1 year ago 3
And just for the record, you don't have to be "against" white people to call them out for the discriminatory and unjust policies they have historically pursued against Arabs and other ethnic groups in the U.S. and around the world, be it in the name of stamping out "terrorism", protecting "American" jobs or spreading "democracy and capitalism".
UPLIFT02 1 year ago 3
No. This IS very clearly addressed to White America. To NOT see that is to do a superficial assessment of her poetry. It's disturbing to me how people hearing and watching this can miss the fact that MIKE is a symbol.
UPLIFT02 1 year ago
Actually it is "Not Your Exotic, Not Your Erotic".
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Think about how young girls and women reading this are going to feel about their bodies after reading your comments, and worse, how they will feel about the way MEN view women's bodies. SUHEIR, herself, has a lot to say on this topic. Check out her def poem: "Not Your Erotic, Not Your Exotic." She wrote this poem JUST for MEN LIKE YOU... ;)
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UPLIFT02 1 year ago
WANNA TALK ABOUT BREASTS? Well, 1 out of every 2 people on the planet today have them, including your mother, your grandmother, your sisters and your daughters...WHAT would you say or do if a stranger wanted to discuss how big your daughter's breasts are rather than how big her talent /mind/heart is?
UPLIFT02 1 year ago 5
LET ME MAKE THIS REAL CLEAR.....REAL MEN DON'T OBJECTIFY WOMEN. She is not an object here for your sexual arousal. This is how SIMPLE-MINDED and WEAK men have become in our societies that they can't control what's between their legs or what comes out of their mouths....even if it disrupts the dialogue on critical issues.
UPLIFT02 1 year ago 2
I love this poem, short and sweet. She's very good; all of her work that I've heard is very heartfelt and thought provoking. I'd love to meet her, she seems like the type who could keep your attention for hours on end, if you're up to it. She's pretty hot, too.....
"Folks who looked like you stank so bad that the Indians smelled them before they landed!"...DAMN, lol. Kind of harsh in my opinion, but according to some, the arrival of the white man was predicted.....
ryder7984 1 year ago
the 4th of april i will be with her in the line up in Amsterdam at a spokenword event
peace,
UNOM
jerrycan86 1 year ago
brotherfable does nothing but post negative unintelligent shit all over the place.
i cant believe it, but in the last hour, ive stumbled across 3 of his pointless postings.
what an attention seeking whore.
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If only Mike could teach her how to write poetry.
brotherfable 2 years ago
Whether you agree or not, make no mistake, it was an assertive, unapologetic performance where she basically tells white folks in America and more specifically, those in a position to control American policy toward the rest of the world, to "check themselves". Humiliating Arab folks in airports and faking "random" searches is unjust, and so is America's dealings with much of the ethnic world. Here she calls us out on it, forces us to take a good look at what our fears are turning us into.
UPLIFT02 2 years ago 5
I think you guys are missing the point. The poem is set in a post 9/11 airport security terminal where "mike" represents christian-white America obsessed with policing, subjugating and safeguarding themselves against arabs and those defined as "other". The irony, the poem states, is that it is the "other" who ought to be afraid, as these same supremacist policies have genocidal consequences as in the case of Native Americans. Here, the stage becomes her soap box and the "mike" her microphone.
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UPLIFT02 2 years ago
Brilliant.
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WOW
KeyThaPoet 2 years ago
im loveing this poet.. she got skills, i wanna see more of this coloured poet.. he talks about real stuff that goes on in thsi day n age = white privileges, and their stereotypis prejudice views on people of colour, indeed ive been htrough the same thing at almost every airport...
post more thanks
CushiticSomalianMale 2 years ago
I watched this poem like 50 times! And i never noticed her boobies..but there they are!!!!
smile678 2 years ago
@smile678 I damn sure noticed them, long before I saw this poem. She's skinny, but she's got some nice ones!
ryder7984 1 year ago
love her words
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kcking25 2 years ago
I'm in Love!!!!!! She's a Sexy Queen
ABANICOSANYO 2 years ago
I have to say to hubtubber assumptions make an ass out of you and only you. Let me put it another way you can under stand and not be so deeply offended. I won't say lot's but some arab Do have good money not just with oil , that was 1 example. I'm not saying everyone's rich or poor. Just like in America many people have good money but there are also a lot of people struggling as well. And I don't drink or smoke so why don't you quit whining and think about the point I was making. THINK
Edelois 2 years ago
Lot's of Arabic people have good money. Especially when they own oil. There is good and bad in all kind of people, why is that so hard for people to understand?
Edelois 2 years ago
the stupid media favors one side over the other, and verry gullible people will obviously agree, thus causing stupid conflicts between people. looool
x0s3xyalGerian0x 2 years ago
@Edelois are you retarded, do you also think that everyone in texas is rich because of oil?
or that africans are filthy rich because of diamonds?
dude, the people of those arabian countries dont benifit from having oil, only the rulers do. if you see an arab owning a liqour store or a gas station, its because they got it through hard work and saving. not like you or people around you who piss their money on alcohol n drugs.
hubtubber 2 years ago 3
I Love her !! One of My favorite Poets ever!!
Totalyy Can Feel her .. I get the same shit Everytime i travel cuz i'm a Palistinian!
Peace
Death2Munchkins 2 years ago 3
I'LL CHECK MIKE
amiin500 2 years ago 7
2 deep
toddstains 2 years ago 4
God Bless...you are VERY talented Mashallah. Keep on doing what you're doing!
armany02 2 years ago 4
Dope ...!!!
No1Bugsy 2 years ago 4
wow
jsaintil 2 years ago 2
Great poem!! Suheir hammad speaks the truth :)
Pretentious1 2 years ago 11
She isn't against white people, she's pointing out that both she and Mike have nothing to do with terrorism - it's hypocritical to assume she's a terrorist based on the actions of others, but not Mike, because people that looked like him have been responsible for murder too. Why judge her based on someone else's actions, but not judge Mike?
Yorkshirepie 2 years ago 62
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Stereotyping is the best chance at being proactive against terrorism. Sorry, if you wore fishnets heels and a bikini and walked around at night people would think you were a prostitute. You wear a burka, shawl, or look middle Eastern you're going to raise some brows. Welcome to life, welcome to reality.
Had there been a rapist watch, and a rapist found who looked like mike, yeah he'd be getting the same looks.
Trailslayer 2 years ago
Except that there have been rapists who look like Mike broadcast all over the place (Ted Bundy), and still we don't think "rapist" when we see Mike.
dunnk90 2 years ago 5
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Ted Bundy is far less common than entire terrorist organizations supported, funded, and concealed by middle eastern countries. You're pitting an entire cult following against the random acts of single men. Ted Bundy did not lead a group, he was in it alone. Although I appreciate the perspective you're trying to paint, the comparison falls very short of reality. Point is the overwhelming majority of modern day terrorists look a lot like her.
Trailslayer 2 years ago
Do they really? So you've made personal relations with terrorist organisations and they all look like her .... shiiiiiittt you must be good considering most governments including middle eastern warn citizens to be vigilant of ALL not just those who aren't or euro-caucasian descent!
vickytoriassecrets 2 years ago
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She fits the bill, stop being ridiculous.
Trailslayer 2 years ago
I think you'll find you're the one being a ridiculous small minded bigot... how can you honestly post comments which promote negative ideologies that group all members of a particular ethnic background as terrorists why don't you do everyone a favour and grow up and get an education... she is a talented and intelligent person stop detracting from that with your racist slander
vickytoriassecrets 2 years ago 4
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I'm well educated, and far from bigoted however I am a steely eyed realist. If you were raped by a 6' tall white male, people would be weary of tall white males. When a country is attacked by a group of middle eastern religious fanatics, people will be weary of middle eastern religious fanatics. It's not racist, it's realist please come out from under your rock and join the rest of the world here in reality.
Trailslayer 2 years ago
I live in the real world and wouldnt be wary or even weary as you put it (why I'd be tired mystifies me) of all men crawl from under your own rock see not everyone deserves to be tarred with the same brush as evil we live in multiracial, multicultural societies negatively discriminating against religions/ethnic groups due to a minority is ridiculous if we all operated that way Christians would be hated by the middle east, Germans would be shunned because of Hitler, Russians because of Stalin...
vickytoriassecrets 2 years ago
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Christians ARE hated by the middle east, Germans ARE shunned because of Hitler. If you lived in the real world you'd realize the difference between discrimination and racial profiling. Racial profiling is designed to prevent crime, discrimination is meant to limit one groups rights. The key word is reality here, please do not continue to pretend you're living in it.
Trailslayer 2 years ago
Dear Moron, Christians are not hated in the middle east. That is the dumbest thing I ever heard. They have a significant Christian population. Yes, they're called Arab Christians. Wake up. They anamosity is toward AMERICANS - and rightly so. And yes, Arab Christians hate Americans too.. what do you expect when you bomb a million of their people?! I guess if you ever visit there, they should discriminate against you too :)
nsam 2 years ago 47
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@nsam That's the last third world country on my list to visit. Thanks though.
Trailslayer 2 years ago
@Trailslayer The middle east is a third world COUNTRY?! LOL! Thank for the laugh. First of all, it's not a country. Second of all, it's not third world.. they're quite wealthy and live more lavishly than you.
Speaking of other countries, try visiting other FIRST world countries and see how welcomed you are. I've traveled all over Europe and the animosity against Americans parallels the same across the world.
nsam 2 years ago 4
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@nsam I never once said the middle east was a country, I never even mentioned any country specifically at all. Living lavishly? Nothing says lavish lifestyle more than wearing a blanket in the desert. Enjoy your archaic lifestyle and ideals
Trailslayer 2 years ago
It's amusing to see how you retreat when you've acknowleged your obvious mistake and embarassement! You said "that's the last third world country" when I was talking about the middle east in general. Maybe you want to clarify which "country" you meant?
Yes, lavishly - throughout history and in modern times. It's a fact. Maybe you should do some research rather than generalize the Gaza strip for the entire middle east. Thats like me saying that Americans live in trailer parks. Enjoy your hate!
nsam 2 years ago 3
@nsam harboring animosty towards a people at large is silly idea. Stop generalizing Americans and assume every American supports what their government does, and that all Americans are responsible for the actions their country takes. Thats as bigoted an idea as the idea you are denouncing.
RomanticShade 1 year ago
@RomanticShade then tell me where the Americans are that actually stand up for this belief that your stating. Tell me where they are, the ones who stood up against the government, who stood up together and supported their beliefs, who supported the falsely accused.
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seanlolsean 1 year ago
@nsam more like we hate the government though
Sa7arSoRight 5 days ago
@Trailslayer so you think the asshole who shot up the Pentagon and the asshole who flew a plane into an IRS building or the pervert who killed that beautiful girl are going to have ALL white males be judged?! Get real man
bitchyb73 2 years ago
@bitchyb73 The assholes who did those things did them for personal reasons, and not because of their religion. Get real man
Trailslayer 2 years ago
ok bad example as far as religion but in terms of generalizing all the people that look like a certain group she's saying white males will NEVER have that stigma. despite all the serial killers and stuff.
bitchyb73 2 years ago
"'m far from bigoted.. I"m a realist"
According to you, the world should just generalize all races and hate everyone on the planet. Let's hate all Catholics/Christians for the holocaust, bombings of other countries, colonialism, imperialism, slave trade (oh boy! to many to list!). And let's hate all blacks for being drug addicts/criminals, let's hate the Jews who massacred Palestinians. Let's hate the hindus for killing other religions.
Wow, in "your" world, everyone deserves to be killed!
nsam 2 years ago 3
If you were raped by a 6' tall white male, people would be weary of tall white males .... joke! No one would be weary of tall white males! Because nobody generalises white people!
aasimazam 2 years ago
the white man's crime to known whites can be seen throughout history yet they can sit down and taltk about morals devils
hafsatb 2 years ago 3
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this poem kinda pisses me off cause shes against white people for every reason she doesn't want whites to be against muslims. ie she's a hypocrite
rock90123 2 years ago
No, she's showing the hypocrisy in the situation.
She's saying whites have done horrible deeds as well and that targeting Arabs and Persians is stupid because all people are capable of evil.
amour777 2 years ago 6
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what was the last white guy that blew himself up? Would it be wrong for the Native American's in the 17th and 18th century to target whites because they were killing them? of course not. today the threat comes from islamic extremism. she's a hypocrite. is she saying white people weren't a threat back then? of course they were! that's her point. and so is islamic extremism a threat now.
rock90123 2 years ago
What about McVeigh in 1995? That was only 6 years before 9/11. And the constant bombing in North Ireland that's only recently slowed. Hmmm, I wonder wh were carrying those out. That's right, white Irish Catholics. White people are just as capable and involved in terrorism as anyone in recent history.
amour777 2 years ago 10
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there has been plenty of white terrorists but the VAST majority today are from muslim extremists. you can't really deny that unless you want to claim every war from the west was terrorist but that has nothing to do with racial profiling anyway. embassys are being bombed all over the world there's suicide bombings still happening in Iraq, Afghanistan. Indonesia just had 2 hotels bombed. And they are all coming from muslim extremists.
rock90123 2 years ago
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Which is why EVERYONE is checked at the airport, some more thoroughly than others. Stop being so selfish and understand that because people who look like you massacred others, you have 15 minutes more inconvenience than someone else. If it were the other way around, I could handle it because in reality terrorists threaten us all. You should not feel so safe being a fellow terrorist, I mean Muslim.
Trailslayer 2 years ago
Says you she didn't say there were NO Muslim terrorist just not all Muslims are terrorist just like not all terrorists are Muslim. The IRA aren't Muslim far as I know maybe you should find a Muslim person to talk to so you won't be so qucik to generalize.
bitchyb73 2 years ago
She's pointing out just how "random" these random checks are... and how if she seems like a terrorist because of her skin tone and/ or where she might be from then why not everyone else. In this case she points out the person checking her bag "Mike"... and how he (or white people in general) is just as likely to be a terrorist then she is. And she backs this up by giving examples... think of what im trying to say and listen to the poem again
Derci 2 years ago 12
i love her
imevannnn 2 years ago 3
Amen.
NAtBO0tY 2 years ago
'who's gonna check YOU'......word
dwhips 2 years ago 3
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im just checking out her body through her dress
dseer13 2 years ago
CHINGA TU MADRE !!!
arosteguidj81 2 years ago
f the nwo!!!!
SantanaDr809 2 years ago
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what a bitch. Shes spreading racial hate without even knowing it. She blames the europeans for disease yet does anyone know how the black plague started? Ahem, Rats from Asia. This bitch don't know shit.
floggingmollyfan4 2 years ago
u don't even know her. when people look at u and blame u for attacks of hateful men, stop u in the airport like u are a suspect. then u can judge her. colonist gave blankets that they knew had tuberculosis on it to families, things were not all on accident. there were about 13 million native people here and now there is only about 250,000. But does society look down on people that looked like the colonist everyday and remind them that there are hateful men that killed millions in their race too?
kekaau 2 years ago 8
small pox blankets too.
And how the fuck are asians responsible for their rats?
tehjefe 2 years ago 2
so why wasnt there a plague in Asia u fool? u have no real knowledge and u proved it wiv ur pathetic comment. jus what ur curriculum has taught u is what u know that if u know what that word means. U have never broken that barrier or blindfold over ur eyes. wake up from ur sleep.
MrMofo4eva 2 years ago
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look at her big tits! yum!
Spaceisneat 2 years ago
Loser
AdorableAntik 2 years ago 3
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wanna bang this bitch
look at those tits
lllll13 2 years ago
another Loser
AdorableAntik 2 years ago 4
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yea everybody's a loser except this bitch that farts on stage and takes herself so seriously
mike check? what the hell bitch
and what's with 'Suheir Hammad'. change your freaking name you dumb bitch
so go gag on a cock 'adorableantik' (that's gay btw) and stop pretending that this bitch deserves respect
lllll13 2 years ago
Seriously? Get a life.
This is slam poetry and it's supposed to be on a stage. If you got a problem then get lost, capishe?
You're gay, stop whining ... If you don't get the "Mike check" then everyone can see your lack of intelligence and smartness...
buhuuu.....
AdorableAntik 2 years ago 5
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what the hell is slam poetry?
listen this is some bitch showing her tits and pretending to know what she's talking about. she is shit
so unless she takes that top off, she better shut up.
mike check hahahaha. this is the ULTIMATE crap
ok and if you're guy (which you better not be), there's no chance you're not gay
lllll13 2 years ago
.... hopeless.
AdorableAntik 2 years ago 3
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you're youtube's most adorable gaylord
lllll13 2 years ago
Great words, perfect delivery.
Pluralism24 2 years ago 4
RESPECT RESPECT RESPECT!
shes amazingg!!!
anwaro 2 years ago 2
.... let me tell who is gonna check mike..... it will the rest of the world .... all 95% of us
umk82 2 years ago
but really though, whos gonna check mike
BabiiMomoC 2 years ago 6
i swear he got a sexy ass voice....
SaySayPooh 2 years ago 3
all these negative ignorant ass people need to shut their face..i dunno why some people develop "balls" online behind a computer screen!!
cowards some people are!!
dont be mad cause her tongue is more gifted than yours
markee871 2 years ago 12
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yeah man, who's gonna check Mike? Who gonna check whitey?
evankristos 2 years ago
LOL LOL LOL whitey lol lol lol
omg you kill me
BabiiMomoC 2 years ago
wow she is great
video4234 2 years ago 3
love this woman
mecakegirl369 3 years ago 5
werrrd, werrrd...
ihtiram Suheir, respect
NiloticHeir 3 years ago
been there, done that. didn't have any luck.
Tanmit 3 years ago
does anyone know where i can get any contact info for ms. suheir hammad? an email address would be best!
i would really appreciate it. thanks!
Tanmit 3 years ago
dude. Google it. Find her and you will find a way to contact her. how is that hard?
tillo2008 3 years ago
Never judge a book by its cover.... nor judge a person from where he came from.
alnakhli999 3 years ago 8
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Well... i got a random bag check the other day. Im even in the military.
And I am white if you didnt guess. so i guess im saying. ...... get over it?
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vintage217 3 years ago
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the bags checks i mean
gatsby5555 3 years ago
I read the comments and I see how Arabians ( I hope Im correct with this word) are proud and I can't help but smile.
I love it. "folk like you that smelt so bad that the indian smelt them before they landed" I can identify with her words even though Im black.
Time to open those fist people!
moniquethe1 3 years ago 8
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kupo717 2 years ago
Love it! Go Suheeeiiir.
Shamoosa1989 3 years ago 6
"ayo Mike, WHO"S GONNA CHECK YOU?"
vintage217 3 years ago 4
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alnakhli999 3 years ago 2
greatness!GREATNESS!
loved:
"folk like u that smelt so bad thatthe indian smelt them before they landed"
"MIKE!WHO'S GNA CHEACK U?"
zarzy1010 3 years ago 4
wonderful
selfexplanatorychiq 3 years ago
You got it! Who's checking on the white straight boy? (Maybe the world, now - Obamanation - yes!)
WhiteTiger333 3 years ago 2
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This is the most horrible and biased poetry I've ever seen. She neglects to mention that her Muslim and Arab peoples were slave trading around the time the white man was "butchering the Indians. ".
proudcanadian2005 3 years ago
What the fuck does that got to do with the present injustice she faces at the God damn airport?? You are an ignorant fool who can't distinguish times, eras of different oppression. Oh and by the way don't even compare the Asiatic Slave Trade to anything, without talking about the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Go and debate that shit somewhere else if you have a burning desire to, but not on Suheir's poetry. Your hate & feeble comments are unwanted. Peace!
mayebella 3 years ago 19
word...
Htowngurl123 3 years ago 2
someone's name is mike i guess....
roshua 3 years ago
its weird u say that cuz l8r that happened w/ them 2
Htowngurl123 3 years ago
im sorry i just gotta reply to that
the muslims prophet mohammad said this (and you please count back the years, or centuries this was said, and the compare it to the date africans were declared euqal in america)
"an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over a white - except by piety and good action. Mankind are all Adam's children and Adam was created out of clay"
zameena1234 3 years ago 21
nice
sk8boardjay053 3 years ago
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what is she like calling white people out
gringofan 3 years ago
it's not so much that she's calling white people out as a whole, that would defy the purpose of her poem anyway...her point is that just because she, too, is Muslim doesn't mean she's a terrorist, because she doesn't look at "Mike" and assume he's a terrorist...she gave the example of the native americans and how the white europeans took their land and at one point thought about spreading small pox through blankets...the point is, people of all races and all religions will do wrong...
optimisticautiously 3 years ago 9
we can't judge the whole
optimisticautiously 3 years ago 2
About time some one did!!!
GalaxysGreatest 3 years ago 5
no she's just saying there are heroes and assholes in all groups the white people in the audience didn't seem offended.
bitchyb73 2 years ago
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i was dancing to this shit yo... with a joint in my mouth... fuck yeah... check 1 2
aodkijghtnemmifhjdjj 3 years ago
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Get a job.
garbage454 3 years ago
RIGHT!!!!!!
Haiti4lyf 3 years ago 5
nice finish
shakaraka 3 years ago 7
She BAAAAAD!!! and I'm lovin it:o
bcg2203 3 years ago 12
My new favorite poet!
maiyatempleton 3 years ago 12
That was powerful.
RaciallyConfused09 3 years ago 15
suheir hammad and saul williams are my all time fav poets, they should work together, but on topic about this piece, i love it, that's how i feel alot, i get dirty looks and randomly checked too.
qinkat 3 years ago 8
i know right. just because there were wrong people doesnt mean you are the same as them. i love her
x0s3xyalGerian0x 3 years ago 2
Brap brap brap...magnificent (said with french accent)lol
digzbling 3 years ago 3
i love her!!
harlemkid131 3 years ago 3
oh. i loved it. especially the ending, especially the anger.
no silencing here.
SableYork 3 years ago 12
Salaams , Love this poem always get randomly checked also freakin sux
Luckys25 3 years ago 9
This is AMAZING!
mikeg593 3 years ago 13
Love this one. Love her! Love hearing her speak.
lifeinterrupted 3 years ago 13
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As an indian who gets randomly checked every fucking time.. this was horrible and did not capture the essence of being singled out and harassed/profiled.. just my personal opinion. dont ride my ass over it
psharma02 3 years ago
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As an indian who gets randomly checked every fucking time.. this was horrible and did not capture the essence of being singled out and harassed/profiled.. just my personal opinion. dont ride my ass over it
psharma02 3 years ago
I can say you are still so much more angry ....my five year olds daughter is named abdalfattah and everytime I put my five year old on a plane with me I get checked as well as this innocennt child...something in life you have to over look n even though she overlooks she is still addressing get rid of the anger and you shall understand...not riding you ass just a point of veiw!
per14843 3 years ago
sweet.
soulsessions 3 years ago 4