Black and White

We grew up together

Like friends forever

Police don't understand 

We don't have a brand

We don't see our skin

Until you point it out and then

We think how pretty we are

Two hollywood rising stars

Running through the night 

We stop and saw a fight

The police think we're involved

They shoot my sister to solve

Ask questions later make their mark

Of course her skin is dark

I'm white so I'm free

Is it the color of me

She bleeds red like I do

They take off her shoe

They lie and say she's the one

The one with the gun

She didn't do it I say

Go on get of here no way

The black one had the weapon

I looked at the phone they had stepped on

Is this the gun, I said does it matter?

Get behind this line no chatter

But she's my sister you see

Just her skin ain't like me

Reviews

[Chris]

The psychology of fear is - Us and Them. People tend to see what they perceive and truth IS just a perception waiting to happen. Police are as human as those around them at any given instant. Mistakes are made and individuals (both the citizen AND the cop) often CAN and DO cover up an Oooops ...IF they are allowed and held unaccountable. For the cop: it isn't that they aren't trained - it IS about WHAT they are trained to do and how to REACT. And the same goes for the citizen BUT - just where do THEY get THEIR "training"? For the "uninitiated" it's movies; media - social, news, entertainment (games), and others: word-of-mouth, peers, and crowds.

Bad things HAPPEN to BOTH good AND bad people. Even good deeds can be punished. And try to remember - what you think YOU do or see is not always what someone (good or bad or whatever) else sees, perceives, or reacts to ...from even a foot away.

And I am NOT saying blame the victim ...I am saying change the mindset and psychology of fear ON BOTH SIDES of the equation.

[kyam]

Thank you Chris you hit the nail on the head! Sad but true.....I love your insight......Kyam

[kyam]

Please I welcome all reviews that you take your precious time to give...Kyam