The Age of Colorblindness - Tanka Prose
The Age of Colorblindness
A caste
system in the USA? I hear stories about young black males incarcerated for
smoking marijuana—some get life sentences. Don’t we all commit crimes? I know
I’ve made mistakes—sitting behind a car wheel without a license—the only
difference is I haven’t been caught. When a young man born in the ghetto and
knowing little of life beyond the walls of his invisible cage turns to us in
bewilderment and rage, we should look him in the eye and tell him the truth.
orange
is the
new black—
your
face,
the brown
of declining autumn,
dodges
the threat of erasure
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