Margins Magazine - Volume 3 Issue 1
2020 has been a year of immense change and upheaval thus far, with our idea around what is normal challenged in the midst of a pandemic. In this midst of these volatile times, our team at Margins Magazine has come together to create Volume 3 Issue 1 of our publication, revolving around the theme of CHANGE. In this issue, our writers have worked hard to bring you pieces that critically discuss the realities of the current moment from advocacy effort across different fields to issues such as domestic violence and colourist. At #UTSC, we connect with Radio FWD and UTERN at UTSC to learn how campus groups are affected during the pandemic and how they are evolving their programming while staying connected with students. We’ve received amazing creative submissions from members of our local community and around the world that have allowed us to curate this issue with stories that truly represent the heart, soul, and pulse of the current times. Bringing together all these voices in Margins has been a true labour of love. We truly hope that the stories, words, and art within Margins resonate with you. Follow us on Instagram @wtcmargins & LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/margins-magazine!
2020 has been a year of immense change and upheaval thus far, with our idea around what is normal challenged in the midst of a pandemic. In this midst of these volatile times, our team at Margins Magazine has come together to create Volume 3 Issue 1 of our publication, revolving around the theme of CHANGE.
In this issue, our writers have worked hard to bring you pieces that critically discuss the realities of the current moment from advocacy effort across different fields to issues such as domestic violence and colourist. At #UTSC, we connect with Radio FWD and UTERN at UTSC to learn how campus groups are affected during the pandemic and how they are evolving their programming while staying connected with students.
We’ve received amazing creative submissions from members of our local community and around the world that have allowed us to curate this issue with stories that truly represent the heart, soul, and pulse of the current times.
Bringing together all these voices in Margins has been a true labour of love. We truly hope that the stories, words, and art within Margins resonate with you.
Follow us on Instagram @wtcmargins & LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/margins-magazine!
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MARGINS<br />
MARGINS<br />
No Right Supremacy<br />
By Abby Kaneko<br />
No Right Supremacy<br />
From the moment I open my eyes I see,<br />
All this world’s catastrophe.<br />
All those fleeing as a refugee.<br />
All the people who’ll never be free.<br />
Free.<br />
What a funny word,<br />
People say it’s like being a bird,<br />
And flying away.<br />
But, in my opinion, it’s being heard,<br />
It’s getting to say,<br />
What you want,<br />
Without fear of being attacked,<br />
Whether you’re white, brown, yellow or<br />
black,<br />
Though I know for a fact,<br />
That’s not how things are...<br />
I’ve kept track.<br />
What I do know is that it’s white men who<br />
lead,<br />
All their hearts being led by greed,<br />
Who never let people of colour succeed.<br />
There are people who are set in their ways<br />
and stern,<br />
Who will let anyone not their kind burn,<br />
People who deny and refuse to learn.<br />
Like someone I know,<br />
Close to home,<br />
Who says things I can’t begin to condone.<br />
They say that people of a certain skin tone,<br />
Tend to be more violence prone.<br />
Really [Redacted]?<br />
I mean no disrespect,<br />
But the last time I went and checked,<br />
It’s your kind who colonized, wrecked and<br />
slaughtered,<br />
The lives of certain races,<br />
And imprisoned my grandfather.<br />
So please don’t try to deflect,<br />
I’ll show you the fact because I know<br />
they’re correct.<br />
If it’s really people of colour who are cruel,<br />
People of colour who can’t keep their cool,<br />
Then why is it always white boys that<br />
shoot up a school?<br />
Uh oh, looks like John from chem’s<br />
packing heat ‘cause I called him a tool!<br />
Kidding.<br />
Still,<br />
Do you not see?<br />
We never have to decide by proxy,<br />
To know not every white person’s a Nazi.<br />
That right there is the hot tea.<br />
Some of you might be snickering,<br />
What do I know?<br />
A half-white girl from Pickering?<br />
Well, I don’t know much,<br />
I can’t begin to understand,<br />
Every politic that is at hand.<br />
But I do know that things need to change<br />
quick,<br />
The laws shouldn’t be made by idiot<br />
pricks,<br />
Who were voted for by confederate hicks,<br />
Along with the likes of conservative dicks.<br />
Ladies, gents, and those in between,<br />
I don’t want to sound like I’m too extreme,<br />
Like I’m reaching for justice on a high<br />
beam,<br />
Letting out a voiceless scream.<br />
This isn’t a poem with some scheme,<br />
To receive emotion just for a theme,<br />
And of course I would never dream,<br />
To pull people down, or hurt their esteem,<br />
I don’t want to sound like I’m being too<br />
mean,<br />
I just want to say...<br />
Fuck white people who think their race is<br />
supreme.<br />
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