Stereotypical Images Taught Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

A Black woman or a Black man,
In a leadership position...
Not only receives 'flack' from their own kind.
But is scrutinized and critiqued,
By those far less competent...
With a doing they do not even discreet,
To discredit every moment made they do.
And why?
People are trained to despise,
Anyone trying to deny with a doing to remove...
Stereotypical images taught to accept and approve.

'Who are you trying to be?
Someone or 'something' else? '

~I'm being who I am.
What task have you mastered,
To charade in masquerade? ~

'I regard your comments as racist.'

~Tell me about it.
Hopefully one day,
You will see yourself in another way.
And rely on facts not to distract you from reality.~