The Arrows of White Privilege
By Victoria Marie People of colour, close friends Empathy, proclaimed Yet, Joy unshared Bring arrows of pain To understand let us Go back and see What this old black woman Saw as a child on TV Policemen with dogs and hoses Attack my people huddled In defensive poses Angry white crowds shouting, enraged Because black children with theirs being schooled While soldiers surround the black children Protecting their right to what the Supreme Court ruled Three young men missing, murdered For helping Black people register to vote With no one brought to justice Until 30 years later, a sad footnote Obama’s election, no big deal to you Full citizenship has always been your right However, for people of colour, sometimes Just to stay sane is a fight “You can grow up to be president” They tell us in school, but black students face The constricting clarifying message “President, not people of your race.” So you see, it’s not that he will Make all the nation’s problems go away But millions of Black Am...