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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