Racial tension and Floyd
A picture of a committee in defense of human right a picture where serious white man and a woman in a business suit and to black persons This was serious business no one smile except the two black persons that spoiled the gravity of the solemn undertaking
Most black people I have met were like me from a working stiff background I was employed on ships they were mostly onloading cargo from the said, ships, they appeared more open, talkative then us Scandinavians, we don’t say much unless we are drunk in a bar
there was an unspoken racial barrier that made a man whose lowly job was to oil the engine feel racially superior; this was daft as the oiler had more in common with black people than he realized as we both suffered from segregation by those who wore suits working in an office
In America, with her many racial problems, we tended to side with the oppressed black people we had not noticed politics had entered into the fray; let to a man called Floyd, was killed by a cop who had trained for riot control in Israel Floyd, an addict, was not a person to look up to
Into racially charged environs
burst cattlemen with branding irons
Followed, fortunately, by squadcars' screaming sirens
Whew... Sure glad those were 'dry runs'
What do you see when you look at me?
Is it the COVID creators and kamikaze?
Does it cause rage and your blood boil?
Do you want me to just wrap food in foil?
Well if only you knew the burden we carry.
The judgement makes our life very scary.
Just because we know the martial arts.
Xenophobes show they have no hearts.
By damaging and boycotting our stores.
Graffiti phrases of shame on our doors.
Blaming us for events we did not partake.
Suffocating us like a giant python snake.
You did it to Arabs for the past 2 decades.
Cutting into their hearts like razor blades.
We remember our grandparents detained.
In WWII internment camps they remained.
The rate of racially motivated attacks.
Piling up medical bills in huge stacks.
Offenders don’t even verify the origin.
Willing to strike a parent’s next of kin.
Nationwide the frequency has tripled.
Through communities fear has rippled.
Let’s try to look past what you can see.
To lower Asian Americans new anxiety.
Define a Racist
D/definitely ignorant of the truth
E/Eiger to attack another race
F/fearful of the unknown
I/isolative
N/naive
E/empty to love
A/abusive to other race
R/racially egoistic
A/addicted to hatred of other race
C/closed in ignorance
I/ignorant to love
S/so wicked to other race
T/till may be one day die for nothing
There were some more hate crimes the other day.
Eight unfortunate victims had their lives blown away.
The murders happened at spas around Atlanta.
This is the largest city in the southeastern state of Georgia.
It seems Asian-Americans all over our nation
have been targeted with crimes and racial discrimination.
This has culminated into an unfortunate growing trend.
It seems racially-motivated hatred will never see an end.
From a news story on aol.com
What is White Privilege, what exactly does it mean?
It simply refers to situations that the white man has not seen.
This term is not meant to provoke anger in those that are white.
It wasn’t intended to spread hate and start a racial fight.
It doesn’t mean that white people are lazy or even bad.
Nor does it mean that we have been given everything that we’ve ever had.
Not all are racially profiled because of the color of their skin.
Try asking someone who is black, that’s a good place to begin.
There are white people who sue their employers contradicting what you say.
Just because you are white, would you liked to be grouped in with the KKK?
All men are equal in this land of which we trod.
If you still don’t get it, try praying for guidance from God.
That is the jetted sky a forgotten eye a pirates patch when swords clashed everything that melted when the ice was frozen everyone everyone has been chosen every question has been answered striking with a word with every raindrop has been counted like my thoughts on every strand of haze i count the tombs on a river i can't believe poetry soup allows poems prejudiced against the white race blatant racism if all you can do is destroy poetry with racism you can't write poetry why write hate poetry because people that a racially prejudiced and demented can't write poetry they just write in the face of God their hatred i can't believe poetry soup supports racist hate filled poetry .
My brothers and sisters we’ve got a wolf at our door.
It’s here to take all we have and even a little more.
It’s got sharp claws, big teeth and keen eyes.
It’s going to cause chaos and try to bring about our demise.
Make no mistake, this darkness will try to envelop us all.
It wears a coat of many colors and it’s here to make us fall.
We need to cast aside our differences and together unite.
We need to all understand and stop this senseless fight.
Let’s all move forward and make a fresh new start.
We need to start showing some love and it needs to come from the heart.
Why must we be labeled with descriptions that are racially slurred?
Our hearts and minds have become clouded and our vision has been blurred.
Silence can be golden but there are words we need to hear.
We all need to breathe and learn to control our fear.
There is only one you and there is only one me.
But together we can become strong and help others to see.
if I were in charge of the world
I'll make everyone spiritually and racially equal
No longer barter on monetary things
judge as only through the King Our Father brings
if I were charge of the world
Would be less or no more hatred
God would see to this
No more religious persecution our one Father God the solution
punished as only God choose and chosen
if I were in charge of the world
You wouldn't kill anyone
You wouldn't hurt nor harm to children
You wouldn't ignore the homeless the poor
Or if I could I maybe would
I will take care of the agent and the old or if I could I maybe would if I would if I were in charge of the world
1/2/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020
What of them?
What do you think that they would they say?
Do you think they turn and ran when democracy was at stake?
What of all that suffering, all that hate seems to stay! What about all that blitz fear that they conquered day after day?
Does it make you shiver now when you see democracy could be blown away?
Does it make you feel any regret for what our ancestors died determined to save?
What about all the children now living free in a racially tolerant state? Do you think that freedom and tolerance are a given in an undemocratic nationalistic state?
There once was a Frog from Jerusalem
Who felt that racially all were against them;
Right then a French Restaurant bade her to come in,
Offered her money for her legs and to sell them. . .
So she hopped quickly away to the streets again.
If only everyone were treated equally. If we all saw the same color, no one would b profiled racially. No one would die for looking differently. If only everyone were treated equally, men and women with the same degree would b making the same financially. More men and women would get promotions and have a better salary so they can be able to support their family.If we were treated equally the ghetto wouldn't be deadly and there would b more friends than enemies, More celebrations than deaths in the community. If we were treated equally there wouldn't be so many fatalities or broken families. We would help each other, instead of judge and belittle one another.If we were treated equally the innocent wouldn't b guilty, and the rich wouldn't be greedy. Everyone would have a heart and help the needy. The world is not perfect but if we were treated equally it would be a place where every color is beautiful on a face no matter the race. A place where only love exist and hate is erased.
If Africans were enslaved that time
bought, sold as goods and maimed
carried away to work as ancient robots
they would be wise today
If Africans were colonized that time
harassed, robbed, some ancestors deleted
and wealth looted to build cities, metropolis
they would be wise today
If Africans were racially segregated that time
not allowed to enjoy rights of humans
and blocked from political activities abroad
they would be wise today
Africans, who do you think will respect you?
Who will take you serious as the neo-colonized?
Who will protect your resources in the land?
Where have you thrown that history of shame?
Life you live today, good or questionable
was built on the corpse of struggle, abuse
on ruins of those who resisted unfairness
Heroes of yesteryear are restless in tombs
Think not about tomorrow, today
Eat all tomorrow, today -with comfort
Posterity will forgive you -worry not
today you are mortgaging fatherland
That which is lost is will be gotten back
Father God whose in heaven.
Deliver me from the wicked ways
Of my wicked heart that beats so rapidly.
See me through my half-dead days full
Of tragedy.
Accompanied by many spiritual casualties.
Remove the premature words of deceptive slurs
That rest in my mouth like cavities.
Unchain me from my life's narrative of:
"This is how it has to be"
Father God deliver me from my sinfully
Altered reality.
Liberate my heart from this land of injustice.
Where folks are so far removed from the truth,
They carry their lies around in a bucket.
A land racially disfigured by politicians
Who make six figures, while pretending to
Care about our existence.
A land where the media has dismantled us, socially.
The land where opportunity is promised
Although most dreams start at "definitely"
and end with "hopefully".
Dear Father in Heaven,
Is this how its supposed to be?
Release me from the cold hard grip of the society.
Where your income determines your survival.
A land where religious leaders who preach,
Proceed to snort cocaine off of the same bible.
Lord have mercy on our souls,
When we attend the trials.
Many of us are lost between time.
Blaming God for the lives we designed.
Look in the mirror before peeking through the blinds.
Kind parents whose children are distraught
From an electronic generation where failure is bought.
And criminal activities are purposely sought
For social acceptance.
I am the youth.
I am racially off balanced and judicially challenged.
My ego and severely stupid choices drowned my talents.
I am the youth.
I am committed to change.
I've learned to love life and live through the pain.
I've been disowned by my own but inside a strong spirit remains
Let us violate the past..
When we dreamed of what we wanted
Now all we do is dream of what we had.
I am the 90s baby in a 2000s mask.
I am my choices.
I am my past.
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