The new textbooks don’t
mention the original
American sin.
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the s word
haiku for 9/10/2025
Tag: race relations
a man most reviled
haiku for 1/17/2022
King found little love
among white Americans
as the ’60s raged.
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casual racism
haiku for 8/21/2021
It slips into our
conversation so quickly
I fail to push back.
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black lives still matter
haiku for 8/19/2021
How quickly our white
allies went back to business
long before justice.
• • •
the coming race war
haiku for 7/26/2021
Keep pushing people
of color to the brink. Fuck
around and find out.
• • •
the chinese of mississippi
haiku for 6/8/2021
Brought as cheap labor,
they turned to opening shops
for the Black townsfolk.
• • •
the asian in asian american
haiku for 4/3/2021
caucasoid cachet
haiku for 3/19/2021
A diverse group of
employees politely clapped
for white promotions.
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virtue wriggling
haiku for 9/27/20
Don’t pretend Black Lives
Matter while treating your peers
and colleagues like dirt.
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regret neutrality
haiku for 7/9/20