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Racial Profiling

Racial Profiling By Elton Camp A black man walks in a suburban neighborhood That the police will be called will be understood A young black woman is dressed extremely cute So some will then assume that she’s a prostitute When a Muslim man attempts an airplane to board Angry glares and muttered words show he’s abhorred A Mexican man in the USA often comes to feel grief Because onlookers take him to be lazy or even a thief By police, the racial profiling is ever so much bolder Minorities are disproportionately pulled to the shoulder Yet, I cannot declare my own self to be prejudice-free A black man appears and I lock my car quick as can be

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Date: 4/7/2011 7:56:00 PM
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