RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GEORGE FLOYD SERIES
Color Blind
To be black or brown in America
Is to be born a person of interest
A perpetual suspect by birthright
To wear the blue in America
Is to be beyond question
Beyond suspicion or reproach
Beyond the reach of justice
Beyond the veil of accountability
To be black or brown and angry
Is guilt beyond all reason
A verdict preordained
A sentence without mercy
Without doubt or second thought
For justice is not color blind
It sees the colors black and brown
And hands a sentence down
It sees the color blue
And presumes the word is true
No justice is not balanced
And it is not color blind
For it depends on your skin
The justice you will find
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