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He wore a hoodie, she had an attitude 

He wore a hoodie
So you immediately assumed he had a weapon
He wore a hoodie
So you immediately assumed he was on the way to a drug deal
He wore a hoodie
So you thought he was hiding something 
He wore a hoodie
So you thought he was a good for nothing criminal 
He wore a hoodie 
So of course your racist self would assume he was a thug
He wore a hoodie 
So of course your racism is showing 

She had an attitude 
So you labelled her as rude
She had an attitude 
So you saw her as aggressive 
She had an attitude
So of course you called her ignorant 
She had an attitude 
So of course you called her uncivilised because she paid you no attention 
She had an attitude
Because she didn't smile at you
She had an attitude 
So of course your racism is showing 

He wore a hoodie 
Because he wanted to be invisible 
He didn't want to be judged 
He didn't want people to 'mistake' his facial expressions for an act of violence
He wore a hoodie 
Because racists criminalised his skin colour
He thought he could hide 
He thought this was the best way to survive 
That was until they shot him and then he died 

She had an attitude 
Because she was instructed from when she was old enough 
To not make eye contact 
To be emotionless
So they wouldn't see her as a threat
Which could possibly end with her death 
She was exhausted 
She had an attitude 
Because earlier that day on her social media
She received a comment 
Calling her slurs
Using the hard 'er'
She had an attitude 
Because it didn't matter if she was smiling or frowning 
They would always label her a threat 
She was tired
She knew no matter what she did
She would probably be followed and murdered 

He wore a hoodie and she had an attitude 
For protection against racism 
But not matter how hard they tried to please the system
In the end they couldn't win
All because of the colour of their skin
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