Here's part of my poem. I used Marx and Gramsci to comment on being Asian in the performing arts.
Art in Action
To Marx, all that matters is class
So my age, race, and gender should disappear
My voice Marx refuses to hear
To him, my artistry
Ethnicity
And identity
Will not make history
But to Gramsci
My battle takes part in the war of position
Where my petition
Is against racism in performance institutions
I’m starting from within civil society
In my resistance to hegemony
The dominant belief
Is that Asians are to be
The model minority
Quiet, obedient, and out of the way
But I refuse to let them take away my say
I will not conform to a stereotype
For I am not an Asian prototype
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