Like a Strand of Hair!

It is said that I can be compared to a strand of hair
I struggle through tangles and weather just like they do
I am often numbered out by the numbers like they are
BUT they are wrong I am not my hair!
In order to proceed
I have to peer through the multitudes to be heard
I have to deal with stereotypes because we all look alike
But I am different,
I scream I am different
I beseech you!
Because I am different!
I can be compared to a strand on my head
Because I have been mistreated
It can be said because I lost my identity That I am a strand of hair
I have been manipulated in many ways
My objection to such treatment is fair
Can I be compared to a strand of hair?
NO! My fellow Americans I cannot!
They have tried to strip me of my colors but unlike the hair
I PROTESTED
They tried to straighten me out
But I rejected
They have taken its colors and made it weak
Just tell me how that follicle compares TO ME!
If I fight and give my all
I am not a strand of HAIR
If I push and do not fall
I am not a strand of HAIR
If I create life rather than go limp and DIE I AM NOT A STRAND OF HAIR!