Welcome to America :)

Profiling...Predjudice... and ETHNO-Paranoia... all the pandamonium at points of entry but we seem to be stopping the WRONG folks for the most part.

Welcome to America

admission’s “ FREE” today !!

Take a number

step aside…

for a lil’

friendly ….Ethnocide.

Trust me

you will pay.

 

Check your bags…

and get in line.

Get measured up to see

if ya make the height

to ride this ride

 

I mean….

 you ….

Look alright….to ..ME.

But…

I’m not the one …

who makes the cut

to decide

diversity.

 

Depending…

on the …skin you’re in

brown….black…

or slightly…

In – di-an ….

A – sian…

Or

Tri – ni- dadian.

 

Perhaps …

you are…

a Guyan….beast

or have..

that

“GUILTY –look”

of

Middle-East.

 

They’re tearin’ your luggage apart

yet…

Still ….

Give you service with a smile ?

What..the heck…

no “  Red carpet “ …???

You just been “profiled” !!!

 

Welcome to America

admission’s “ FREE” today !!

Take a number

Step aside…

for a lil’

friendly ….Ethnocide.

trust me

You will pay.

 

 

© 2007  J. Hampton [email protected]

 

 

Reviews

[Helen Woodward]

I loved this! Very intelligent work written with much empathy for your fellow man. So glad you brought this up in such a poetic, slightly humorous way. I do however understand why there has to be some care taken to protect, all you say has merit, but after the 9/11 debacle I'd like to know I'm safe as I'm flying internally (Australia) and I'm scared of flying as it is! Unfortunately we live in a violent world and we all need to be vigilant about who goes where and when. It's not really about immigration, but discerning without being judgemental, it's a country where equality is law....it's just that some are more equal than others!
Congrats!!!!

[Ismael Rodriguez Jr.]

amazing piece goes right to the heart of the matter. racial profiling it's not just wrong but stupid as well. one of the things me and my friends did when we where kid's to fool security guards. send in the darker skinned kids first the guards followed them. then the lighter skinned kids went in and the guards ignored them. now if a bunch of kids could think of that kids of a trick.

[Vanessa Pang *aka* Ness..]

WHAT AN AMAZING WRITE! i love it. it speaks the truth and how the world(especially america) discriminates without even noticing. u never actually see airports" RANDOMLY" checking luggage. that's just dumb. thank you so much for writing this cuz i can actually understand this personally. the repeating thing works wonders on it. love it and i agree, it needed to be writtwn. going in my favorites.
peaceeeeeeeee~Nessa~

[M J Moore]

Oh, what a great piece!! This reminds me of a friend of mine, put on some kind of watch list at the airport... it's crazy. I mean, the guy's American, several generations, in fact. Is Hispanic, and yet... profiled? It just gets me. Makes me angry. About all of it.

Great write. Once again, your style, just great.

mj

[Damien Dsoul]

Your word ranges in high classes of intelligence and witticism. There's no unkmasking the low-brow humour of your work, the style projects the image of dynamism and swirling rise of confusion. Can I come and take a number as well?

[Mr. Deft Diction]

You know, as a black man in this country, I'm hurt by this. Now it's not only us who get profiled...as if the original man originated HERE anyway.

EXCELLENT WRITE!

[Phill Oz O'fee]

I enjoyed your fantastic combination of the words - �friendly �.Ethnocide.' (so good you wrote it twice)

This just about sums up the failings of stereotyping individuals based on appearance and cultural differences.

What was that expression so blatantly misrepresented�� oh yes �.. �Winning hearts and minds�.

Great poem J.

God�s Blessings
Phillozofee

[Randy B. Jenkins]

This is excellent but you have to remember if you pit a child from each race in a room there is no profile and prejudge until the parent arrive....
Much Love...

[Thug Life]

whats this... a rip on our society as we know it??? count me in!!!! haha u did a great job with this piece hurr.. callin it how u see it, str8 4ard look, no pullin punches hurr.. GREAT write... idunno i was stopped in the airport in houston b4.. for a damn "necklace" hahaha!!! ridiculous

[Fade]

I feel you here... been there, done that. A good friend of mine is fair skinned, afrikan american and native american... as a result, it's impossible to tell where she's from. In her driver's license photo she was wearing a scarf, and got stopped and search on each leg of each trip.

At my advice, she "lost" her driver's license, took a new photo with no scarf. Never been searched again. Turns out scarves mean you might be "a damn foreigner".

And, as you implied, it's (no) service with a smile. You ccaptured the sense of helpless frustration she felt.