Definition of Racism - The Poem

He is a victim of racism and all forms of discrimination
When blacks and the police meet at the same time
To the racist you have committed a crime
Right now the racism is in its prime
Right now the discrimination is in its prime
It appears it’s wrong for him to earn his dime
It appears it’s wrong for him to be in the lime-light.

Racism does not start
When you worship the racist
It is when you cease to
He or she will strike you with an open fist.

Racism does not start
If you are perceived as a dullard
Or have a regular simple job then turn drunkard.

Racism does not start
When you are aiming low
It only starts when you want to grow

Grow in a high-flying career
Then it becomes quite clear;
The racist thinks you should never be there

It starts when you want to grow in wisdom
It starts when you mix with others in their kingdom
Does it mean he has no right to aspire?
Or look up and aim higher

Or have any form of ambitious white desires
Does it mean he can’t have white friends?
Or mix and mingle with the white elites?

At work puppets are used as tools for mobbing
Everything around him happens so fast
He is the only one to hear about it or last

In manipulated isolation he becomes the lone outcast
The techniques are modern vast and will continually last
Till he makes his exit and becomes a thing of the past

What they are actually doing is robbing
Robbing him of his dignity
Callously without any pity
Robbing him gradually of all his credibility
Publicly, disguising them in actions of witty

Creating an atmosphere of hate
There is no need to debate
Been black and a man is his fate
Constant discrimination is forever on his plate

Racism is not always obvious
Discrimination to those who do not care is oblivious
Discrimination to those who have never been there is oblivious

They will say he is imagining
Making things up and fabricating
Many will never understand how he feels
Until it is too late for the wounds to heal

Just because he is black and not a pretty white woman
They look down disrespectfully at him like a felon
In their hearts they consider it reality
They are all over-superior to black

Zaheed Patel

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