Adapted from the poem by Martin Niemoller “First They Came for the Jews” in response to the poem “Danger of Silence”
First they came from the African-Americans
and I did not speak out
because I was not an African American.
Then they came for the homosexuals
and I did not speak out
because I was not a homesexual.
Then they came for the immigrants
and I did not speak out
because I was not an immigrant.
Now when will they come for me
because I was too busy and too indifferent
to defend my sisters and brothers?