Racial Poems

A BOY AND A BIG DREAM

He crossed the seas with dreams in his hands
a boy from home trying to understand
how to grow, how to belong,
how to be right when everything feels wrong.

On the streets of Germany he welcomed every stare
Every words whispered is a scare
"Schau dir den ‚Neger‘ an,
wie arm und wild er sein kann."

In classrooms, he knew his stuff
books,
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Categories: racial, 12th grade, abuse, africa,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRacial Preferential Treatment

God laughs when fools behave like racists
All persecuted individuals are His children
God laughs when a few are obviously chosen
And receive preferential treatment under the basis
That the lighter complexion is superior and better.

God created one race. The same blood flows like a river
In all God’s children veins. This blood is red, not amber
God laughs when a
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Categories: racial, abuse, america, bible, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme


Racial tension and Floyd

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
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Categories: racial, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: ABC

Be a Cow

Over across the lane, grazing under the sun.
Take a look around you, see what nature has done.

Cows of every color, of every size and hue.
They all live together, just as cows always do.

Each pays no attention, to the color of skin.
They only care about, how the cow acts within.

A cow that is as brown, as
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Categories: racial, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

My Encounters With Racism and Accusations of Racial Priviledge

It was 2019 when someone accused me of being in denial of the privileges I had as a white man.  At the time I felt uncomfortable with this. I didn't understand how I had any advantage socially or economically over black people. I knew how I felt about racism, I had seen examples of
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Categories: racial, america, race, racism,
Form: Prose


On Racial Discrimination In 2024

Racial discrimination is claimed by many white americans to be slight and not as much a problem for this country as the state of the economy and other popular issues. They strongly believe that black americans are protected by law from racial discrimination, in things such as employment, housing, the criminal justice system. It has
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Categories: racial, america,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberRACIAL DISCRIMINATION CHURCH

The Lord sees no race
It’s the heart he observes
Praise and amaze
How many times does some members in the congregation with one another, and it is in the church?
Discrimination shouldn’t be in the church, but associate
The Lord is about love
Fellowship with one another
The Lord loves all his Christian Sisters and Brothers
Who gives anyone the right in
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Categories: racial, bible, black african american,
Form: Free verse

A Violent Reaction

When the long arm of the law,
belongs to an assassin.
And peaceful protests alone, 
can bring no satisfaction.
Then the only choice left that, 
will please all of the factions.
Is to have a more violent reaction.

Blood is running too hot and, 
it is beginning to boil.
Those who think they are in charge, 
have words worse than coal
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Categories: racial, poetry,
Form: Lyric

The Racial Question

The racial question 

 There is a black female politician 
says Portugal is not black enough her liking
I find this preposterous.
The Portuguese who settled in Africa to make
their wealth mixed freely with the local black
population, as a result, blackness seeped in
and blended with Muslim blood.
Algarve was once a Muslim province
to the extent, the Iberians have
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Categories: racial, africa, allusion, family,
Form: Sonnet

Partial and Racial

The points I heard them marshal
Made them Plainly Partial
And The Decidedly Racial …

Quarters intended ‘Residential’
Treated like Files Confidential;
The structures for The Influential,
Mode of rent non-sequential …

Lessors’ hearts Loveless Chambers,
Their fiery eyes Indignant Embers,
The Disfavored taking for Tennis Balls,
Their lips for undisguised name calls …

Not unlike The Spatial
To breed The Racial or Partial
To The Abyss sending
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Categories: racial, identity, jealousy, people, perspective,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberDeja Vu Racial Disparity

These are not events that took place very far in the past
These are obviously ongoing racial gaffes and contrasts
Where human beings are bombarded and mistreated
Where human beings are veraciously discriminated
Against, where politicians with supercilious smiles
And where election cheaters with camouflaged styles
Expel and reject Black people such as Africans and Haitians
And these same biased lawmakers welcome
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Categories: racial, emotions, humanity, international, mirror,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberRacial Bias

child of tender years but her colour, black
thus held guilty
of a crime
minor
theft

truth 
was veiled
by cold hearts
plague of our times
so off to the child remand home she goes 

06-February-2021

Double Tetractys 7 poetry contest
Sponsor: Eve Roper

Picture # 1
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Categories: racial, racism,
Form: Tetractys

No To War, No To Nukes

No discrimination, no greed, no war!
In unity and peace, let us stand tall,
Nations, come together, heal the scar,
With love and compassion, we'll break the fall.

Scars of the past, not for vengeance to cling,
But as precious lessons, let's hold them tight,
War, a resolve that wrath will bring,
Evil's deceit, war's traitorous might.

Hitler hiding, like a rat in
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Categories: racial, betrayal, christian, hate, humanity,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberRacial Divide

My dearest friends and family, I stand before you with a heavy heart 
I saw an ad on face book, not worth the powder to blow it apart
I was shocked and disturbed at what I saw before my eyes
I was hoping it was just more fake news and not another racial divide

This ad that I
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Categories: racial, racism,
Form: Rhyme

Criminalised By Colour

Freeze! Freeze! Cops here, put your hands in the air!
Get on your knees! Put your hands behind your head!
We had a report of a crime and came and found you here.
You’re under arrest; if you move; we will shoot you dead.
Officer, what is the charge for which I am under arrest?
Was I identified as the
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Categories: racial, color,
Form: Narrative

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