Black, white and colour

As I slogged in my lab today, I just realised -

My art is in charcoal - black and white.
The colour of my composite materials - black and white.
The people of my resident country - black and white.

What's a colourful person like me doing here?

Which reminds me of a black man's poem I read somewhere:

When I born, I black,

When I grow up, I black,

When I go in sun, I black,

When I cold, I black,

When I scared, I black,

When I sick, I black,

And when I die, I still black.

You white folks....

When you born, you pink,

When you grow up, you white,

When you go in sun, you red,

When you cold, you blue,

When you scared, you yellow,

When you sick, you green,

When you bruised, you purple,

And when you die, you gray.

So who you calling colored folks???