would you speak out?

diva · #1 (**permalink**) Jul 07, 05

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the communists
and I did not speak out — because I was not a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out — because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I did not speak up because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me —
and by then there was no one left to speak out for me.

[the worst kind of racism and discrimination is the covert kind]