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Racism Poems | Examples of Racism Poetry

What becomes of a world?
The trees ache with a pain only those who have witnessed true horror The swinging rope moping for it had been turned to a killer The threads unravelling trying to escape A maze with no end Running, running, running Away Yet still can't escape its fate A fallen leaf a tear of the tree Weeping for a...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, family, funeral, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Just get over it
'Just get over it' No we still haven't received reparations And they are long overdue Why would we get over it When you prance around wearing bags made of our skin Sitting your privileged self's on chairs oh so familiar The fabric - our skin But you'll never know You'll never care Because of your ignorance Because what you...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, history, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse



Us be grateful for what?
Let them eat cake But with no hands And a mouth sewn shut Why us Why must we suffer with crumbs And be grateful To be grateful when slavery ended When in fact it was they who started it To feed us poison instead of the antidote Then feign confusion to why it didn't work The world sees you as a victim And...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, freedom, metaphor, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
A black girls stance on self love
A black girls stance on self love Is one not often understood One that take years of healing One that understands the process of feeling Because in a world that shoves hate down our throat You can't be surprised when we swallow the bare minimum The relationship between a black girl and herself Is one not...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, joy, mirror, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
The choices we never got to make
A life of false happiness Or death by defiance They claim we have a choice But what kind of choice is a life of imprisonment or a death penalty An eternal life of isolation Or an eternity of nothingness With choices like that who needs control Or to be caged by manipulation For us the ideal choice Would be death To...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, freedom, history, peace,
Form: Free verse



White privilege
White privilege The ability to exist Without fear The ability to walk down the streets And not jump at every siren To not calculate every move And overthink every word Because in out world Our existence gets us killed And in your world a red carpet is rolled at your feet Your privilege ignites your ignorance And in a world where all...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, history, political, power,
Form: Free verse
Death by jealousy
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder That our differences make it subjective But when it comes to black beauty We are the blueprint And objectively you can't argue with architecture Especially when we've seen the beauty of its structure You can't say you hate our skin Then paint your skin our colour Whilst simultaneously discriminate...

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Categories: racism, beauty, discrimination, jealousy, joy,
Form: Free verse
The currency of power
Power equals currency In a world that actively yearns for it The more you have the more you are worshiped And with worship becomes freedom Where inequality is something they abuse And power is the excuse they use as a campaign To bully the people that they blame To start an agenda of hate for the only personal gain The same...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, political, power, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
You can't run from accountability
We know your game And we are not going to become slaves to it We've seen you spin your lies like a spiders Web Your crimes of deceit will come back to smite you The heavens will rain down on you There is no escape from eternity Hear these words said Let them infest your head Your silence will betray you...

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Categories: racism, color, discrimination, prejudice, psychological,
Form: Free verse
The spiritual horror of psychological torture
When the mind slowly decays It doesn’t just affect the mind It affects the body, the spirit, the soul The spiritual horror of psychological torture Is how you treated black people The way you penetrated our minds with accusations of inferiority Treating us less than animals Less than the dirt on your shoes Generation after generation You have tortured my people Psychological...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, horror, prejudice, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Donald Trump is the felon on the loose
Immortal mind, my ghost follows my every move. Intercepted thoughts, clearheaded internal function. Machines roam this world, time of the metal mind, loss of human conscience, Elon Musk taking over the world! Political confusion, MAGA intrusion, January 6th. Hate your neighbor! Love your enemy! Donald Trump! Constitution is the thing of the past, lock her up!! No excuse given, just pure ignorance,...

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Categories: racism, america, betrayal, bullying, corruption,
Form: Free verse
I dont blame her
I dont blame her for how she chose to survive It was never really her choice It was a forced setup A gun forced into our hand To absolve them of guilt But they guide our hands On to the trigger And coax us into pulling it But was it really suicide When the world forced...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, hate, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
A funeral for myself
It was a funeral for myself And I still haven't buried her yet The sky opened up and released its anger Rained down in grief and sadness The only other witness to her multiple deaths The world built her to break It was too late to save her For she was now unrecognisable In a casket crafted from pain...

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Categories: racism, death, discrimination, funeral, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
Does he like black girls?
Does he like black girls Or does he like the idea of the swirl Does he like black girls Or does he only like type two and three curls Does he like black girls Or does he want bragging rights Does he like black girls Or does he just want a turn Does he like black girls Or does he want...

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Categories: racism, beauty, discrimination, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
The survival and demonisation being black
Acceptance equals survival Survival equals safety Comfort equals invisibility And invisibility is vital For us to live a somewhat peaceful life 'Somewhat' because they even kill us in silence They even kill us despite our compliance When they see us we are greeted with violence There is a method to the existence of being black A formula so...

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Categories: racism, discrimination, evil, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse

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