The Critical Race

THE CRITICAL RACE An elephant in the classroom Unheard voices from slavery So essential to understanding How past is prelude To inequities we now see Like segregated schools More prevalent than in the 60s Though seeing is not feeling Empathy for those struggling In the critical race about race With no finish line in sight As if generation after generation Procreate racists in afterlives Amorphously squiggly entities Not always easy to identify When few think they are As if no one is Much like getting rid of crime The endgame being to contain Leaving to generation next To constitute a majority In the critical race about race Armed with a powerful ally The voices from slavery History’s gift to children