He wore a hoodie, she had an attitude

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