Stop and search
Letâs overcome the stereotypes
I thinkÂ
You donât know whatâs wrong or whatâs right,Â
if you did I donât think youâd stereotype. Take this scenarioÂ
Thereâs two friends, ones black, ones white, both have fancy carsÂ
Theyâre shinning brand new, both twinkling like theyâre  stars.
You pull the black boy over but what has he done
your mentality, says the cars a luxury,and he shouldnât have none.Â
You tell him to get out of the car and his friend pulls overÂ
Tell him to get out too theyâre both driving their own Range RoverÂ
But you dismiss his presence and begin the search.
I think if your gonna search a black boy search the white boy too,
Police shouldnât see colour when they have a duty to do.
Iâm pretty sure this isnât taught to you,
To search the majority, of the minority,Â
But the majority searched are just a few.
Why am I saying all these things  well cause i think itâs the truthÂ
You need to set a better example to pass down to the youthÂ
But not all police are bad, of that I want to make you awareÂ
Although those police we can have faith in now, are becoming very rareÂ
Itâs as if they donât  careÂ
Please Learn you can only gain trust, once you start being fair.Â
No disrespect to the force, you do a lot for our townsÂ
Capturing criminals or simply going on safety rounds,Â
Round the main road past his or her neighbourhoodÂ
So for that part I must praise youÂ
As that kind of work is good,
But you know what work and statistics arenât ok
The ratio of black people to white people searched grows more and more each dayÂ
In a bad way Must I say.
That gap shouldnât be so big what happened to equality,
Police shouldnât be seeing you and me,
Or us and them,Â
What happened to unity?Â
The right pronoun is we, that we should be judged collectively.Â
This poor prejudicial treatment in this day and age doesnât, but should seem strange,Â
So Iâll leave you with one question how can we make a change?
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Comments
A very powerful poem structured like a speech, SUPAR engaging read. Although we have moved on and time has turned to modernity, prejudice is still common in society. It's simply unacceptable in my opinion. Deeply moving and inspirational write. Also, welcome to the Cosmos!!
Thank you very much Iâm glad to join the cosmos team đ I wrote this with the intent of getting people to reflect it doesnât just have to be police no one in the line of duty should see colour as a stumbling block
Welcome to Cosmo, believe it or not there is no such thing as race. it was made up by a scientist trying to explain skin pigment, but it has been used to divide ever since. In my belief there is only nations,KINDRED, tongues and people. We are all KINDRED back to Adam. Thank you for shining light on a disappointing subject that needs to be addressed. ............................Jim
Hi there! Just wanted to say a very well done to you for writing this. This IS a big problem that needs to be addressed. I really do applaud your efforts with this poem. I do hope people read and think about what you are saying here. Our planet is beautiful. Such a rich tapestry of life. I think it is extremely beautiful that humans come in different colours. We are all just people trying to live our lives. Some of us do that to the best of our ability, some, unfortunately, do not ...but that has nothing to do with colour or race or beliefs, that is purely down to the individuals themselves. I LOVE this poem! Welcome to Cosmo x
Thank you so much I agree I hope that people read this and take away the right message share this poem if you can â¤ď¸â¤ď¸