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.
oldmanG
Poem Published
19th Dec 2024 4:46pm
19th Dec 2024 4:46pm
Black Wall Street
Tulsa 1921
As I stare at the dangling sign
It reads Williams Dreamland Theater
Hanging on by a thread it’s about all that’s left
Dawn rises in Tulsa 1921 smoke and debris is all that’s stands
Downtown shoe shine boy gets accused of
Being lewd with a White Lady
Newspaper prints the story and a white crowd grows for hours
Black men assemble put on war uniforms
March down to the courthouse to save a Black man from lynching
Police say there is nothing to fear go home and chill out
...
As I stare at the dangling sign
It reads Williams Dreamland Theater
Hanging on by a thread it’s about all that’s left
Dawn rises in Tulsa 1921 smoke and debris is all that’s stands
Downtown shoe shine boy gets accused of
Being lewd with a White Lady
Newspaper prints the story and a white crowd grows for hours
Black men assemble put on war uniforms
March down to the courthouse to save a Black man from lynching
Police say there is nothing to fear go home and chill out
...
#apocalypse
#courage
#hate #racism
#hate #racism
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PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
14th Dec 2024 3:33am
14th Dec 2024 3:33am
Anti-evil
Pittinix is not anti-white, neither is he anti-black.
He is not anti-Semitic, neither is he anti-Arab.
He is not anti-Chinese, neither is he anti-Indian.
He is not anti-rich, neither is he anti-poor.
The poet is declaring that he is anti-evil.
Race and status do not make a difference to him.
He is against anyone who matches the description of evil.
Moreover, he hates hypocrites and evildoers.
The poet will always speak the truth boldly.
Evil-minded people cannot blame him for who they are.
He is not anti-Semitic, neither is he anti-Arab.
He is not anti-Chinese, neither is he anti-Indian.
He is not anti-rich, neither is he anti-poor.
The poet is declaring that he is anti-evil.
Race and status do not make a difference to him.
He is against anyone who matches the description of evil.
Moreover, he hates hypocrites and evildoers.
The poet will always speak the truth boldly.
Evil-minded people cannot blame him for who they are.
#evil
#humankind
#racism #hypocrisy
#racism #hypocrisy
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oldmanG
Poem Published
11th Dec 2024 5:06am
11th Dec 2024 5:06am
Bobbi Wilson
Bobbi Wilson
9 yr old environmentalist
Tryin to control and spray the lantern flys
Doing her part with help from Tik tok
Made up a mix to get rid of them
Dish soap n apple vinegar
Sprayed on the trees and sidewalk
Now this is where the bigotry seeps in
Man calls 911 said some little black woman
Was causing a stir
Said he doesn’t know what hell she’s doing
Scares him though
Mom went to a council hearing
Said she doesn’t want to label
But she’s black and a mom
Wants to share point of view
Man...
9 yr old environmentalist
Tryin to control and spray the lantern flys
Doing her part with help from Tik tok
Made up a mix to get rid of them
Dish soap n apple vinegar
Sprayed on the trees and sidewalk
Now this is where the bigotry seeps in
Man calls 911 said some little black woman
Was causing a stir
Said he doesn’t know what hell she’s doing
Scares him though
Mom went to a council hearing
Said she doesn’t want to label
But she’s black and a mom
Wants to share point of view
Man...
#childhood
#environment
#heroic #racism
#heroic #racism
64 reads
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SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
1st Dec 2024 8:37pm
1st Dec 2024 8:37pm
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk
Animosity, resentment is always found in wagging tongues who doesn’t...
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk
Animosity, resentment is always found in wagging tongues who doesn’t...
#hate
#peace
#racism
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MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
11th Nov 2024 00:33am
11th Nov 2024 00:33am
Celebrity Apprentice Eugenicists
A vast investment in dissolution
chisels away the American age
to make room for white supremacist rage
fearful of their bloodline dilution.
So under the bus more kids will be thrown
all for the sake of paleface egos
sparing no brother dimes for Latinos...
Just how do honkies think salad is grown?
Oh well. Pasty incels don't eat their greens
when Burger King sates the meth hunger pangs
of the bronzer polished orang-utangs
busily venting their suburban spleens
to demonstrate just how supreme they are
beneath...
chisels away the American age
to make room for white supremacist rage
fearful of their bloodline dilution.
So under the bus more kids will be thrown
all for the sake of paleface egos
sparing no brother dimes for Latinos...
Just how do honkies think salad is grown?
Oh well. Pasty incels don't eat their greens
when Burger King sates the meth hunger pangs
of the bronzer polished orang-utangs
busily venting their suburban spleens
to demonstrate just how supreme they are
beneath...
#racism
#technology
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2 Comments
BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Bumped 1st Nov 2024 4:16pm
20th Jan 2023 5:28pm
20th Jan 2023 5:28pm
Same Tree
Kill each other over our religions
end other lives for what we believe
we've taken men
hung them right up there
for the color of their skin
right up in our tree
that tree we carved our names into
heart with an arrow
shot clean through
hate them for what they believe in
hates us back for the very same
take these guns onto the fields
our blood runs onto its leaves
those leaves that fell so beautifully in autumn
this cool crisp morning won't let us...
end other lives for what we believe
we've taken men
hung them right up there
for the color of their skin
right up in our tree
that tree we carved our names into
heart with an arrow
shot clean through
hate them for what they believe in
hates us back for the very same
take these guns onto the fields
our blood runs onto its leaves
those leaves that fell so beautifully in autumn
this cool crisp morning won't let us...
#religion
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
401 reads
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Kementic1
Poem Published
23rd Oct 2024 5:27pm
23rd Oct 2024 5:27pm
A Reality Check
The election of President Harris for POC will not a panacea
she won't come in six guns blazing silver bullets to free ya
Yes there will be a new Female Sheriff in town
but the KKK and Neo Nazis will still be around
The US System will still be broken
even when have our latest Black token
The evils of sexism, racist, misogyny, transphobia and xenophobia will still exist
and slap us in the face every morning with a clenched fist
In the end
for my people more "symbolism over substance" once again
With...
she won't come in six guns blazing silver bullets to free ya
Yes there will be a new Female Sheriff in town
but the KKK and Neo Nazis will still be around
The US System will still be broken
even when have our latest Black token
The evils of sexism, racist, misogyny, transphobia and xenophobia will still exist
and slap us in the face every morning with a clenched fist
In the end
for my people more "symbolism over substance" once again
With...
#HumanRights
#inequality
#oppression
#politics
#racism
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Poetryman
Poem Published
20th Oct 2024 5:28pm
20th Oct 2024 5:28pm
Abomination Nation - Republipigism
Republipigs oinking their pablum
in deafening harmonic farts
Deficating in Congressional seats
Worshipping the unholy Trinity
as Fascism, Racism and Authoritarianism
Brainwashes weak minded sheeple
The Beast vomits evil swill in alphabet soup
I can't bare to breathe in his poisonous exhale
His false prophet disciple worships at his feet
while innocent immigrants apply for Citizenship
Seeking asylum from killers and enslavers
Only to find the boarder sealed tight by criminals
Premeditated kidnapping, separating children from parents ...
in deafening harmonic farts
Deficating in Congressional seats
Worshipping the unholy Trinity
as Fascism, Racism and Authoritarianism
Brainwashes weak minded sheeple
The Beast vomits evil swill in alphabet soup
I can't bare to breathe in his poisonous exhale
His false prophet disciple worships at his feet
while innocent immigrants apply for Citizenship
Seeking asylum from killers and enslavers
Only to find the boarder sealed tight by criminals
Premeditated kidnapping, separating children from parents ...
#anger
#hate
#politics #racism
#politics #racism
122 reads
2 Comments
oldmanG
Poem Published
11th Oct 2024 11:23am
11th Oct 2024 11:23am
When truth isn’t Truth(Rudy G)
Rudy G (When truth isn’t truth)
What anyone would do to be able to put their head onto feathers
A long day is in the books and he has a drink and a smoke
Thinks about just what he’s doing
Peddling false narratives
Just to advance his position
He’s been doing it for years and years
Through the ranks of his rise
Hard driving D A comes on the radar
Doesn’t hide in his closet that he crossdresses
But the new President is impressed
Vincenzo says
As far as I’m concerned it’s Bedtime for Bonzo
...
What anyone would do to be able to put their head onto feathers
A long day is in the books and he has a drink and a smoke
Thinks about just what he’s doing
Peddling false narratives
Just to advance his position
He’s been doing it for years and years
Through the ranks of his rise
Hard driving D A comes on the radar
Doesn’t hide in his closet that he crossdresses
But the new President is impressed
Vincenzo says
As far as I’m concerned it’s Bedtime for Bonzo
...
#denial
#greed
#racism
#revenge
#shame
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michaelslove2
Poem Published
5th Oct 2024 7:11am
5th Oct 2024 7:11am
African American Man
African American Man
Hey there African American man takin' a walk tonight.
Don't you know the police will get you cuz what you doin' there ain't right?
They're gonna come harass you,
it's their way.
You know they just can't leave you be.
Hey there African American man
have we learned from history?
Hey there African American man,
what'chu up to bet no good?
Watched and labeled by many folks
the ones who never understood.
You're searchin' for a break-in,
you're dealin' drugs.
Here come the car now...
Hey there African American man takin' a walk tonight.
Don't you know the police will get you cuz what you doin' there ain't right?
They're gonna come harass you,
it's their way.
You know they just can't leave you be.
Hey there African American man
have we learned from history?
Hey there African American man,
what'chu up to bet no good?
Watched and labeled by many folks
the ones who never understood.
You're searchin' for a break-in,
you're dealin' drugs.
Here come the car now...
#culture
#ignorance
#inequality
#morality
#racism
96 reads
2 Comments
Kementic1
Poem Published
25th Sep 2024 5:27am
25th Sep 2024 5:27am
Chemically Lynched
The US justice system is broken
I wonder if Kamala will be just another token
The powers that be
don't want POC to be free
They keep us wage slaves on their high tech plantations
and when we are murdered rarely give us legit explanations
We are just pawns they sacrifice
and about it never even think twice
Tonight my soul flinched
when I heard Marcellus Williams was-Chemically Lynched
I wonder if Kamala will be just another token
The powers that be
don't want POC to be free
They keep us wage slaves on their high tech plantations
and when we are murdered rarely give us legit explanations
We are just pawns they sacrifice
and about it never even think twice
Tonight my soul flinched
when I heard Marcellus Williams was-Chemically Lynched
#freedom
#HumanRights
#LifeStruggles
#murder
#racism
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MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
22nd Sep 2024 11:42am
22nd Sep 2024 11:42am
You're Fired
Folks hot and eager to deport
will be no friends of mine
since disenfranchisement, for sport,
is evil by design.
By and large their rage is the same
as those who call for war
or play the game wherein they blame
the destitute and more.
It's always downward that they punch
like Nazis did to Jews;
divide and conquer by the bunch
then up spin in the news.
The bullies don't want us to know
how angry they can be
like when there's ketchup that they throw...
when someone won't agree.
will be no friends of mine
since disenfranchisement, for sport,
is evil by design.
By and large their rage is the same
as those who call for war
or play the game wherein they blame
the destitute and more.
It's always downward that they punch
like Nazis did to Jews;
divide and conquer by the bunch
then up spin in the news.
The bullies don't want us to know
how angry they can be
like when there's ketchup that they throw...
when someone won't agree.
#addiction
#deception
#oppression
#racism
#vulnerability
129 reads
7 Comments
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