1.
Racial Profiling
Is “race as probable cause”
In some traffic stops.
2.
White man pick up truck
Driving through the hood at night
Here come the blue lights!
3.
Oops, he’s a cop, too!
When he tried to laugh it off
It wasn’t funny.
4.
He was a white man
Rolling through the hood at night
Near a known dope spot
5.
He was still lucky
‘Cause he had white male priv’lege
Cops listen to him
6.
Brothers go to jail
Even our brothers in blue
Cops have shot black cops
7.
White male, pick-up truck
Addiction strikes ev’ryone
Treat us equally.
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Keith M. Kelley | Poet 