Why? Why? Why? Poem by Eric Cockrell

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if you're a white man
walking through a black neighborhood,
do you feel nervous?

why?

if you're the only black family
living in a white neighborhood,
do you feel isolated?

why?

and why do we think a poor
black man came from the projects?
and a poor white man
came from the trailer park?

why?

every time you see a Hispanic
family in the grocery store,
do you think 'they're illegals'?

why?

did it ever occur to you that
the people who've programmed you
to think and feel this way....
might have an ulterior motive?