Unspoken Hostility Marites Carino Analysis
“Unspoken Hostility” by Marites Carino is a subtle poem. It is about a lonely person of colour who is on the bus. “Another lonely bus ride home.” He lives in a place where there is not many people of colour “and stare out at winter” (signifying to the whiteness of people around). Little things such as “then at the floor/and see our black jube jubes/ Squished, / by and irritated stamp” hints to the racism in the society. Jube jubes are gummy candies and black (liquorice) is the least popular flavour like with people. The irritated stamp represents the feelings the white people used to have and some might still harbour to those of coloured skin because the coloured have always been pushed down and degraded that their souls and pride and dignity