Crazy Denial

It seems so utterly baffling

When someone flatly denies

That racism exists in this country.

We should say, “Open your eyes!

 

“Do you watch responsible news

Instead of that popular trash

That fills people’s heads with nonsense--

Where truth and comments clash?

 

“Or do you listen to radio

Talk show personalities

Who live for ratings and spew

Nothing but banalities?”

 

Some may deny the truth

As they sit in their lofty tower,

Isolated yet remarking

From a position of wealth and power.

Or some may ignore the evidence

And choose instead to take aim

At the victims of injustice,

On whom they place the blame.

 

How easy for people to say

That racism doesn’t exist--

That the issue is overblown

And ought to be dismissed!

 

Maybe some of the naysayers

Would change their uninformed views

If they walked a number of miles

In someone else’s shoes.

 

Recognizing the problem

Should be our mission.

And then we’ll seek a solution

That we can bring to fruition.

(8-29-14)