social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Bánh Mì Is the Epitome of Me
Macaronic language is employed in this piece, to articulate the mixture of languages that can be present within works of text. My primary artistic intentions are to create metaphors for the multilingual nature of second-generation Vietnamese-Canadians, and to portray the feeling of in-betweenness that arises from code-switching.
By Lenora Huỳnh7 years ago in Poets
Before the Rice Plant Becomes. Top Story - March 2019.
There is an undeniable parallel between the history of rice and skin colour. It reminds us that darkness equates to filth, and this is stems from classism. Brown rice had a history of being cheap pig food. Evidently, it became unfathomable for humans to consider eating something meant for a farm animal.
By Lenora Huỳnh7 years ago in Poets
