We have been taught that all are equal
White, black, brown are just colors
Yet George Floyd was choked
I was shocked when I heard about people being bullied because
of their culture
But there was more that I was yet to discover
I was yet to discover the horrible fate of Eric Garner
And how his last words became the cries that echoed the street
for days
How Ezell Ford was shot by a police
in LA,
Tamir, not even a teen, killed by police for a toy gun that he
was carrying seen
How Tanisha Anderson was killed because she was having a bad
day
All the while, under her mother’s helpless sight.
How Botham Jean was shot and killed for nothing
And how Philando Castile was shot while trying to take out his
ID
Is this what we have to come to now?
Is this what we want our identities to be?
Black or white, and not human beings
Melatonin is the cause
For so many families to have faced loss and become distraught
Racial discrimination has reached its limits
We must remember that
At the end of the day, irrespective of our color
We are all made of skin and bone
Each one of us are human beings
With feelings and thoughts galore
It’s high time we brought about a change
In the ways, we think and speak
It’s high time that we realize
That the racial discrimination around the world has to die
It is high time we do something big
And bring an end to this useless hate
And its high time we treat
All human beings with love and respect that all of us need
Wow, this is ... sensational! You have, with outstanding candor, captured the message of the Black Lives Matter movement. Skin color is not a criminal record. There have been so many cases of racial discrimination by even the police, with each bringing out its own furore from the people, yet it does not end. I sincerely hope that this is the last time such an immoral act takes place. It is dastardly and foolish to take a life for a quality they were born with. I was watching a documentary which says that while only 1 out of 17 white men go to jail (in America), 1 out of 3 black men will probably go to jail once in their life. It is sad to know that while the people know that what they are doing is wrong, they also know they can't go to jail because the very justice system has this incorporated in their minds. My heart goes out to every person who has been killed or captured prejudicially and outright unfairly by the police in USA (or other places with such corruption) jut because they have a darker skin color. #BlackLivesMatter
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