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What Did You Do

What did you do to be white Why does that make you always right Born into privileged by race The humanity you disgrace Two thirds a human being by law Jim Crow skirting its flaw Civil Rights codified by statue Voting rights gerrymander by venue Prison filled with poor black men No bail plea bargaining innocent condemn A cigarette a bag of skedaddles A Black Lives matter a riddle Choked to death at the hands of the law An evil heart the white mans flaw

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Book: Shattered Sighs