Poems about Racism
#racism
Poems about racism, poetry about prejudice or discrimination based on race, or the idea that one race is superior to another. Poems about race relations and racial tension around the world. Poetry exploring racism in all its forms.
wallyroo92
Poem Published
18th Jan 2020 1:32am
18th Jan 2020 1:32am
Look the Other Way
#hate
#politics
#racism #poverty
#racism #poverty
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2 Comments
Academic
Poem Published
10th Jan 2020 11:10am
10th Jan 2020 11:10am
Racist and sick beyond belief!
By Stanley Collymore
First you tell me, and not very convincingly I must say,
that you think you’re in love with me. Then adding
gross insult to what from my own perspective is
a most egregious injury you proceeded quite
unconcernedly for you it appeared to me, to similarly
tell me that any proposed relationship of a serious
character between you and me would not in the
slightest favourably be regarded by either of
your parents but rather predominantly so
your mum with whom, and I’m trying
my very hardest here to convey...
First you tell me, and not very convincingly I must say,
that you think you’re in love with me. Then adding
gross insult to what from my own perspective is
a most egregious injury you proceeded quite
unconcernedly for you it appeared to me, to similarly
tell me that any proposed relationship of a serious
character between you and me would not in the
slightest favourably be regarded by either of
your parents but rather predominantly so
your mum with whom, and I’m trying
my very hardest here to convey...
#racism
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SavageSin
Poem Published
6th Jan 2020 6:56pm
6th Jan 2020 6:56pm
We walked through ashes
We walked through ashes
we laid on stones
Our souls we cleansed
So we could freely roam
Our children danced
on no man's road
As they came playing
through fields of gold
We bury our young
as we grow old,
rebuke our fathers
who sacrificed flesh and bones
We lie to our daughters
as we cross our hearts
We light the flames of hell on earth
as racist slurs become burning darts
As the early dawn breaks into day
we pile our dead to sleep on feces and clay ...
we laid on stones
Our souls we cleansed
So we could freely roam
Our children danced
on no man's road
As they came playing
through fields of gold
We bury our young
as we grow old,
rebuke our fathers
who sacrificed flesh and bones
We lie to our daughters
as we cross our hearts
We light the flames of hell on earth
as racist slurs become burning darts
As the early dawn breaks into day
we pile our dead to sleep on feces and clay ...
#lies
#death
#racism
#freedom
#escape
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cabcool
Poem Published
5th Jan 2020 7:51pm
5th Jan 2020 7:51pm
to be slain by prIde
There is this paradox in pride—it makes some men ridiculous,
but prevents others from becoming so. —Charles Caleb Colton
i lose my temper
every time i see
the haughty faces
of those who pleasure
in the parody
the fool embraces
scorning God's green earth
caring not that man
is of frail dust made
mocks his lowly birth
foils the Father's plan
for sways unsacred
every time i see
pride’s crude colour bar
where bigotry drinks
wine and irony
there a jagged scar
on...
but prevents others from becoming so. —Charles Caleb Colton
i lose my temper
every time i see
the haughty faces
of those who pleasure
in the parody
the fool embraces
scorning God's green earth
caring not that man
is of frail dust made
mocks his lowly birth
foils the Father's plan
for sways unsacred
every time i see
pride’s crude colour bar
where bigotry drinks
wine and irony
there a jagged scar
on...
#conflict
#racism
#inequality
36 reads
10 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
4th Jan 2020 1:48am
4th Jan 2020 1:48am
Water and White Cotton
( after Langston Hughes )
Blood is Life
the good book says;
but, water comprises the majority
of our heart and lungs—
enables white bones
to hold up this black body—
its silt reshaping
brief lessons in history
I envision archaic journeys
for bartered captivity—
restless swells beat'n
ships against their breasts;
demanding dead ancestors
for safe passage
across the Atlantic
Water, everywhere—
churn'n dark as...
Blood is Life
the good book says;
but, water comprises the majority
of our heart and lungs—
enables white bones
to hold up this black body—
its silt reshaping
brief lessons in history
I envision archaic journeys
for bartered captivity—
restless swells beat'n
ships against their breasts;
demanding dead ancestors
for safe passage
across the Atlantic
Water, everywhere—
churn'n dark as...
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality #LangstonHughes
#inequality #LangstonHughes
222 reads
42 Comments
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
16th Dec 2019 5:07am
16th Dec 2019 5:07am
"Are You Afraid ?" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 25/2/2006
Are You AFRAID of What You See When You look At Me ... ?
Well Can't You See That This Is How Most Racists Be ... ?
If You're ... AFRAID Because I'm Tall And Black ...
Why Be Like That I'm Just A Man ... ?!?
"THINK First Old Chap !" ....
Because What Comes Next Are RACIST Acts ...
Like DEADLY Use of Tools Like An AXE ... !!!
Acts Like These Are Most EXTREME ... !!!
But Fear Plays A Part In RACIST Hearts ...
Who Make CRUEL Moves Both CRUDE And SHREWD ... !!!
Some Simply Give Jobs To RACIST Yobs ... !!! ...
Well Can't You See That This Is How Most Racists Be ... ?
If You're ... AFRAID Because I'm Tall And Black ...
Why Be Like That I'm Just A Man ... ?!?
"THINK First Old Chap !" ....
Because What Comes Next Are RACIST Acts ...
Like DEADLY Use of Tools Like An AXE ... !!!
Acts Like These Are Most EXTREME ... !!!
But Fear Plays A Part In RACIST Hearts ...
Who Make CRUEL Moves Both CRUDE And SHREWD ... !!!
Some Simply Give Jobs To RACIST Yobs ... !!! ...
#politics
#humankind
#racism
#ignorance
#hypocrisy
32 reads
3 Comments
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Damon
Damon
Poem Published
12th Dec 2019 11:54am
12th Dec 2019 11:54am
Past Interference
I'm an African & an American; Is that right?
Are you European & American if you're white?
Our plights have some significant differences
Flag on the play for back in the day interferences
Some attempts at assurances of me not excelling
This home of the brave, land of the free we dwell in
Even today some are yelling "Make America Great"
To me that's just a slogan with undertones of hate
Aren't we supposed to learn from mistakes in life
2020 is approaching but we're still blurred in sight
We didn't gain insight &...
Are you European & American if you're white?
Our plights have some significant differences
Flag on the play for back in the day interferences
Some attempts at assurances of me not excelling
This home of the brave, land of the free we dwell in
Even today some are yelling "Make America Great"
To me that's just a slogan with undertones of hate
Aren't we supposed to learn from mistakes in life
2020 is approaching but we're still blurred in sight
We didn't gain insight &...
#hate
#America
#God
#racism
#inequality
77 reads
3 Comments
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
8th Dec 2019 4:22am
8th Dec 2019 4:22am
Racism
Through out existence there has always been this void
And for whatever reason most manage not to see it and even avoid
It contains all that the universe has decided to discard
The vilest of essence, the darkest with no regards
In this void it's like a pit in space and time
I was ensnared by it's beauty, by both heart and mind
Although shapeless I saw it with form
The frigidity of it's heart became my norm
I reveled in it's darkness savoring the tranquility of death
The life that I had lived convinced me that this was the only...
And for whatever reason most manage not to see it and even avoid
It contains all that the universe has decided to discard
The vilest of essence, the darkest with no regards
In this void it's like a pit in space and time
I was ensnared by it's beauty, by both heart and mind
Although shapeless I saw it with form
The frigidity of it's heart became my norm
I reveled in it's darkness savoring the tranquility of death
The life that I had lived convinced me that this was the only...
#anger
#hate
#racism
98 reads
17 Comments
DevilsChild
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2019 1:05pm
2nd Dec 2019 1:05pm
This Land is My Land
everybody's on something
redneck assholes acting like they're the victim
bitches don't know about struggle
yet talk about it like it's cool
ever been hated just cuz?
my skin is dark
go ahead and stop reading now
the ones that think I don't have a voice
cops know it was the brown man
the one who stole the box of gum
the one who is selling drugs
I just shrug it off
nah, I'm just here to fuck white ladies
so much shit talk
makes me want to sail away
find an island alone
with just me and a bunch of pretty girls ...
redneck assholes acting like they're the victim
bitches don't know about struggle
yet talk about it like it's cool
ever been hated just cuz?
my skin is dark
go ahead and stop reading now
the ones that think I don't have a voice
cops know it was the brown man
the one who stole the box of gum
the one who is selling drugs
I just shrug it off
nah, I'm just here to fuck white ladies
so much shit talk
makes me want to sail away
find an island alone
with just me and a bunch of pretty girls ...
#racism
53 reads
Stoney223
Poem Published
29th Oct 2019 12:28pm
29th Oct 2019 12:28pm
SHOTS FIRED TO MANY TIMES
Through images seen from a video recorded live in living color seen to many times in real life time for how many more young mens and boys, have to die before things even get better for how many more have to run and duck and hide, from those that are suppose to protect and serve the public those who stand behind the blue wall of silents called justice.
For as each event unfolds...
For as each event unfolds...
#murder
#violence
#oppression
#racism
#HumanRights
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Fetchitnow
Poem Published
19th Oct 2019 4:39am
19th Oct 2019 4:39am
With A Tight Rope Noose
My blues they come from those cotton days
Black slaves bought by southern racist ways
Cruel white leaders, and if our lips were to loose
This would be our ending with a tight rope noose
Simple chords, with lyrics of choice
A wealthy white boy searching for voice
Colored teaching whites, but ends with abuse
Everything ending with a tight rope noose
I brought my blues from the cotton days
Black folks appalled by others racist ways
Country of white leaders, if our lips were to loose
Everything ending with a tight rope...
Black slaves bought by southern racist ways
Cruel white leaders, and if our lips were to loose
This would be our ending with a tight rope noose
Simple chords, with lyrics of choice
A wealthy white boy searching for voice
Colored teaching whites, but ends with abuse
Everything ending with a tight rope noose
I brought my blues from the cotton days
Black folks appalled by others racist ways
Country of white leaders, if our lips were to loose
Everything ending with a tight rope...
#oppression
#music
#lyrics
#racism
#HumanRights
65 reads
0 Comments
Fetchitnow
Poem Published
17th Oct 2019 10:14pm
17th Oct 2019 10:14pm
Little Rock Blues
Exit Reds
Entry Rules
Roaming Blacks
Forming Blues
Fuming Whites
Looming News
Little Rock Blues
Blacks now have rights
Racism In Little Rock Ends
Can we all now, just relax?
Entry Rules
Roaming Blacks
Forming Blues
Fuming Whites
Looming News
Little Rock Blues
Blacks now have rights
Racism In Little Rock Ends
Can we all now, just relax?
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
70 reads
3 Comments
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