What Color is Your Privlege?

A collection of 72 political statements in poetic form, What Color is Your Privilege? examines the wide spectrum of ways our society marginalizes people. Although many people on society's fringes still have some privilege, society maligns, excludes, and abuses them because of their skin color, religion, disabilities, neurodivergence, sex, sexual orientation, gender, immigration status, age, financial position, housing arrangements, etc.

What Color is Your Privilege? opens a window on the suffering many are privileged to ignore.

"Serving a truth serum for hate and hypocrisy, F.I. Goldhaber is writing with a hammer and speaking with a tongue of fire. In What Color is Your Privilege?, they sing a book-length blues song decrying racial, gender, religious, and sexual intolerance in America. With courage and a rejection of conventionality rarely found in contemporary verse, this book shines a bright, beaming light on the 'hostile world' we live in and the revolution being fought for the soul of America." -- John Warner Smith, Louisiana State Poet Laureate 2019-2021.

Left Fork is a small "unashamedly progressive press" based in Southwest Oregon, overlooking the West (left) Fork of Oregon's Illinois River.

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Subversive Verse

A collection of poems about corporate cruelty, gender grievances, supreme shambles, political perversion, and race relations best read aloud.
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Some of the other places where F.I.'s political poetry appears:
by F. I. Goldhaber
TrashLight Press, where wild stories flicker and burn, featured my poem, Red Line, on October 9, 2026. TrashLight Press, for those who've been rejected for being too weird, too raw, too political, too real, was the 100th publication to feature my poetry.
by F. I. Goldhaber
DarkWinter Literary Magazine published two very different poems of mine, Purr Therapy and Capitalism, on September 28, 2026. An independent online publication in Ontario, Canada, DarkWinter Literary Magazine focuses on short fiction and poetry.
by F. I. Goldhaber
The Five-Two, features my poems STOP (audio), A Matter of Privilege (audio), Lunch (audio), Stain, a Fibonacci, (audio), Break the Cycle, a Fibonacci, (audio) and Get Out (audio). Publishing an original poem each Monday, The Five-Two's 'purpose is to bring current and historical wrongdoing to light'.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Reality Detonates from Cicada Song Press includes two of my poems, Missing Info and Identity. According to the editors, Mona Mehas and Alana Smithee, Reality Detonates started as a poetic game. They sent a challenge out to the world, write a poem that uses the phrase 'reality detonates'. I was one of those who responded. They state that 'No two poems are similar. Not in subject. Not in tone. Not in emotional landscape' and that includes to both of mine.
by F. I. Goldhaber
My poem Boycott Bewilderment appeared August 5, 2026 on Cacti Fur published by Grandma Moses Press. Founded in 2015, Cacti Fur is the oldest online poetry journal in the contiguous United State. A poetry high ground, Cacti Fur publishes 52 poems a year.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Issue 5 of My Galvanized Friend, In Full Color, includes my poem Do They Hate Their Children? My Galvanized Friend believes 'in a world where all people are free to express their gender identity and sexual orientation with pride through all forms of artistic and personal expression' and embraces a mission 'to promote and encourage the creation, dissemination, and enjoyment of LGBTQIA+ literary and artistic expression.'
by F. I. Goldhaber
The Amphibian Issue 10 Spring/Summer '26, Memory, includes my poem Cassandra Complex. For the culturally amphibious, The Amphibian Literary and Art Journal welcomes work from writers, poets, and artists from all different backgrounds who 'live in two cultures at once ... countries, gender, language, ancestors, neuro-divergence...' You can also read Cassandra Complex as a poetry broadside.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Hopeless, Helpless and Talking Points, a Contrapuntal, appear in the second issue of Waffle Fried Literary Magazine, 'Resilience'. Waffle Fried Literary Magazine 'seeks to capture the spirit of heavy late-night conversations on living room floors'. You can also read Hopeless, Helpless and Talking Points as poetry broadsides.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Enduring Voices: Life with Disabilities, Invisible Illnesses, and Neurodivergence from IHRAM Press Literary Magazine includes my contrapuntal Pain (p 63). Contributors capture the reality of living with various medical conditions and neurodivergence types with unflinching honesty and vulnerability. IHRAM Press Magazine gives voice to artists from around the world.
by F. I. Goldhaber
FWP 2024, a print anthology of queer writing, includes my nonet, Who to Blame. The anthology combines secrets in the garden (January) and light 'em up (October) by fifth wheel press, an independent community-focused publisher which features art and writing by queer, trans, and gender variant creatives.
by F. I. Goldhaber
fifth wheel press included my nonet, Who to Blame, in light 'em up, a digital anthology 'about fire and burning and rebirth just as much as it is about resistance and survival.' fifth wheel press, an independent community-focused publisher, features art and writing by queer, trans, and gender variant creatives.
by F. I. Goldhaber
You are the Monsters appears on page 6 of the inaugural issue of Defiance & Dialogue from The Blunt Space. The first issue is dedicated to individuals and communities fighting against societal imperialism and oppression.
by F. I. Goldhaber
The Handy Uncapped Pen featured The Price of Prisons for Profit March 17, 2023. Inspired by a colleague's ordeal navigating the carceral system, the poem debuted on Tiny Tim Literary Review in 2017 and appears in What Color is Your Privilege?. HUP is a community for disabled and neurodivergent writers and other creatives.
by F. I. Goldhaber
POETiCA REViEW included two of my political poems, Explaining the Hashtags and America the Beautiful (both of which also appear in What Color is Your Privilege?), in its Autumn 2022 issue. POETiCA REViEW offers a pluriverse of poetic possibilies. For the many, not just the few.
by F. I. Goldhaber
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing: Covid 19 Stories From African and North American Writers, Vol 3 features two essays, five stories, and 64 poems from 32 North American and African poets, writers, and academicians. It includes three of the poems I wrote about the politics of COVID-19: Disruptions, Eugenics, and Blame Not the Virus (which also appear in What Color is Your Privilege?)
by F. I. Goldhaber
One of the problems with privilege is that those who have it never see it and those who don't are constantly aware of its absence. My poem, Privileged, explaining its impact for both groups, appeared August 5, 2022 on The Handy Uncapped Pen and in What Color is Your Privilege? September 13, 2022.
by F. I. Goldhaber
A vial of insulin costs less than $10 to produce. But in the U.S. individuals are charged hundreds of dollars for that same vial. My poem, The Cost of Staying Alive, describes how expensive it is to survive as a brittle, insulin-dependent diabetic. It appeared April 8, 2022 on The Handy Uncapped Pen.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Triggered by a former obnoxious touchy-feely mayor, who I had to dodge to avoid real damage, my poem That Hurts appeared on The Handy Uncapped Pen, a community for disabled and neurodivergent writers and other creatives, February 11, 2022.
by F. I. Goldhaber
The winter issue of The BeZine, with the theme of Life of the Spirit and Healing, included three of my poems. Normal Life and Essential Services (also available as a poetry broadside) first appeared in CHAOS: The Poetry Vortex and Times that Try debuted in As the World Burns: Writers and Artists Reflect on a World Gone Mad.
by F. I. Goldhaber
The fall issue of The BeZine, with the theme of social justice and hunger, included three of my poems. The Hypocrite's Creed makes its debut appearance along with The Politics of Food (first published in Subversive Verse in 2014) and Consumer Temple (first published in 2008 in Pairs of Poems and on protestpoems.org).
by F. I. Goldhaber
Poetic Sun published three of my poems in three different forms (including my first Fibonacci poem). Read all three — House Finches (a Fibonacci), Day's End (a Shadorma), and Grief (a Nonet) — on page 7 (page 10 in the document) of Issue 4.
by F. I. Goldhaber
My poem, Do I Pass?, appeared in Volume 4 of Outcast, a lgbtq+ literary magazine based in South Asia. Outcast aims to bring about change by sharing stories, poetry, and art and providing a community for young people struggling with their sexuality. Do I Pass? also appears in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
As the World Burns: Writers and Artists Reflect on a World Gone Mad, both a story of survival and an act of resistance, includes three of my poems: Thin Blue Lie, Times that Try, and 'Nice' People. The anthology speaks with many voices to the damage wrought in these violent, fevered months. (All also appear in What Color is Your Privilege?)
by F. I. Goldhaber
Two of my poems about life in quarantine, Normal Life and Essential Services, appear in the Local Gems Press anthology, CHAOS: The Poetry Vortex, dedicated to all the poets over the years who have brought CHAOS to the world. (Normal Life also appears in What Color is Your Privilege? and Essential Services as a poetry broadside.)
by F. I. Goldhaber
Portland Metrozine included a suite of my poems in the Summer 2020 issue. The editors introduce She Only Screams at Night, Women's Lot, #MeToo, and Words Matter with 'Poetry as an activist's tool calling out the injustices of our time and giving voice to those otherwise silenced.' (The four poems also appear in What Color is Your Privilege?)
by F. I. Goldhaber
The Raven Chronicles Press included my poem, Take The Knee, on page 268 of the Take a Stand: Art Against Hate anthology, winner of the 2021 Washington State Book Award for Poetry. Inspired by Colin Kaepernick, Take The Knee also appears as a broadside and in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
According to Portland Metrozine Goldhaber wields their poetry as an activist's tool. Read Point of View and Repair Fair in the Fall, 2019 issue. Point of View also appears in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Portland Metrozine introduces my poems with: Goldhaber wields their poetry as an activist's tool to call out injustice against our fellow humans, our environment, and other species that inhabit the earth with us. Read Protest, Forgotten, and Ugly But Necessary in the Summer, 2019 issue. (Find Protest and Forgotten in What Color is Your Privilege? as well.)
by F. I. Goldhaber
Anunnaki Ray Marquez published my poem, I See Your Soul, on his intersex educational website. Mx. Marquez is a gender/intersex, activist, educator, writer, and speaker. (Also available in What Color is Your Privilege?.)
by F. I. Goldhaber
NATIONALISM: (Mis)Understanding Donald Trump's Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars -- a rich, robust collection of 10 essays, three fiction pieces, 51 poems, and two plays -- includes my poems Amendment XIV and The War on Terrorism. You can also read both in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Still Fighting, inspired by the loss of a dear friend to the Men's Rights Activists, appeared on Room's Turtle Island Responds, an online library of lived experience offered in verse. (Artwork Secwepemcúl'ecw on Turtle Island / in North America by Danachos.) Still Fighting is also available in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Abused and Alone appeared in We Will Not Be Silenced, the lived experience of sexual harassment and sexual assault told powerfully through poetry, prose, essay, and art with 70 percent of the profits donated to organizations that provide services to sexual harassment and sexual assault survivors. Also available in Food ♦ Family ♦ Friends.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Kosmos Journal published Chains of Injustice as part of the We the World Days of Unity campaign, Fall 2018. Also available in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
On December 2, 2017 Poetic Medicine's New Voices published Not Enough (also available in What Color is Your Privilege?).
by F. I. Goldhaber
The November 15, 2017 Placeholder Magazine -- a fiercely independent critical voice covering contemporary arts, culture, and literature -- featured Lessons from Martin Niemöller, Hate Speech ≠ Free Speech, and Braving a Hostile World. Also available in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Armed appeared on page 18 of the September 8, 2017 issue of Pink Panther Magazine, providing a multicultural atmosphere that focuses on today's women's issues. Also available as a broadside and in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Portland Heroes, #BiVisibility, and True Colors and False Flags were featured in the inaugural issue of Weatherbeaten, a refuge for those seeking asylum from the storm. Also available in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Intersectionality, Begging for Help, and The Price of Prisons for Profit (also available in What Color is Your Privilege?) appeared in the second issue of Tiny Tim Literary Review, targeted at normalizing the narratives of those who have chronic illness and disabilities and humanizing medical professionals.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Where Have You Been? appeared in Black Lives Have Always Mattered, A Collection of Essays, Poems, and Personal Narratives Edited by Abiodun Oyewole from 2Leaf Press, publisher of alternative fiction, non-fiction, poetry and bilingual works by activists, academics, poets and authors. (Also read Where Have You Been? in What Color is Your Privilege?.)
by F. I. Goldhaber
Armed appeared in Issue 5.2 of Star 82 Review, an art and literature, online and print magazine that highlights words and images in gemlike forms. Also available as a broadside and in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Growing up Jewish in the American South and What Racism? appeared in 11/9: The Fall of American Democracy, which presented diverse voices of those most affected by the 2016 U.S. presidential election results. Read them in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
T (also available in What Color is Your Privilege?) appeared in the LGBTQ-themed Summer 2016 issue of Soul-Lit: a journal of spiritual poetry.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Occupy America, Winds of Change, Hate, Five Old White Men, Trans Pacific Partnership, Summer's Heat, Shared Grieving, Home Grown Terrorism, Little Old WHITE Lady, and Respecting Beliefs appeared on The New Verse News, an on-line e-zine for politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Gender Blending Fashion appeared December 3, 2015 in the winter issue of Rat's Ass Review online poetry journal. Also available in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
On the Fringes appeared appeared on page 127 of the print edition (134 online) of the Fall 2015 issue of the Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review, a journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Also available in What Color is Your Privilege?.
by F. I. Goldhaber
March 10, 2011, Separation of Church and State, and Consumer Temple appeared on protestpoems.org. Find Consumer Temple in Pairs of Poems. Read Separation of Church and State and March 10, 2011 in Subversive Verse.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Trade Deficit appeared October, 2009 in Poetry for the Masses. Read it in Subversive Verse.
by F. I. Goldhaber
Humdinger Literary E-zine published Signs of the Times, Corporations, Fellow Travelers, Dreams, and Betrayal in May 2006. Read them all in Pairs of Poems and Corporations in Subversive Verse. Also find Signs of the Times as a poetry broadside.