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14.luka Lesson - Stereo. Type.

The document discusses how the media uses stereotypes to divide people and advance their own agendas. It talks about how the media simplifies people's lives and identities into headlines and stereotypes in order to control the narrative. The poem advocates speaking and writing in a way that unites people and counters stereotypes.

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14.luka Lesson - Stereo. Type.

The document discusses how the media uses stereotypes to divide people and advance their own agendas. It talks about how the media simplifies people's lives and identities into headlines and stereotypes in order to control the narrative. The poem advocates speaking and writing in a way that unites people and counters stereotypes.

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Stereo. Type.

They pigeon hole us into body types


traditional dress
Before they lock you sexual preference
in a stereotype or exotic sound bytes
speak words so deep and they use every media stereotype
they’re like burial rights to amplify their agenda
write lines that unite as their political stereo mic
every side of the fight So we’re stuck in the battle of the headlines
so when you speak on the war of the magazine shelf
all they get is your they’ve taught us
STEREO. TYPE. to see each other
See I don’t care about your lyrics as caricatures of our real selves
I mostly care about your spirit From Cronulla to the Herald
our words are just vessels Channel 7 - the whole cartel
to help our souls grow coherent the media mafia's making sure
That’s why plastic conversations News Corp gets the sell
just keep people in their places But the complexity of our lives
boxes and cages doesn’t fit in their headlines
staying locked in a maze so they need bite-sized pieces of our bodies
These days to feed on between dinner and bedtime
a raised eyebrow in suspicion So when we see each other on the street
can draw a straight line to a conviction those headlines
A country so conditioned by racism in our headsets
those most judged become headnotes
by skin colour and appearance become death stares
end up filling up our prisons become death threats
And you’re pissed off become the next steps
when a shock-jock towards our best friends’ necks
gets paid just to be a bigot becoming breathless
but our taxes have been paying for the same shit To divide and conquer
since the beginning we need a clear set of enemies
falsified identities combined with our short term memories
They poison our communities
to keep us preoccupied
so while we’re fighting each other
- more land gets occupied
More services are cut
Adani gets up
another open cut mine
another refugee gets stuck
That’s why we need to take back the narrative
speak our own languages
keep our identities multifaceted
don’t simplify it for their arrogance
You are not all savages
you are not all parodies to be used
as their front page embarrassments
So before they lock you
in a stereotype
speak words so deep
they’re like burial rights
write lines that unite
every side of the fight
so when we speak
all they get is our
STEREO. TYPE.

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