Race was yesterday’s problem
We’ve apologized to you people
Made promises we (somewhat) still try to keep
How many thousands more dollars do you need?
They are your grandma’s pains of yesterday
Why today do they run so deep?
We’re a Charter-abiding nation
We’re multicultural not racist
To demonstrate we’re impartial at decisions;
Look at the way we do our overseas missions
We focus on geography, on fraud, on intention
Race or ethnicity is nowhere in mention
Our locally-engaged staff can apply what they know (because, they know)
Our processing times – they ebb and they flow
We need to vet certain applicants more
Historically, there are issues with certain communities
We’re not directly saying that whiteness is immunity (at least we can’t write this down)
But how do we not know these kids are not yours (without a DNA test)?
How do we know this bank account isn’t hiding that your poor (tell me where your parents invest)?
How do we know you aren’t just here to give birth?
How do we we know you aren’t hiding your net worth?
These networks you people have – always cheating the system;
That’s why we need AI – ‘impartial (white male)’ algorithms;
We’re an institution of transparency – like a light filtering prism
You bring your stories and we turn them into study of ‘-isms’
If you are palatable, we keep you out of our prisons;
If you are exceptional, we might milk you for your wisdom;
For most of you, frankly, you are better off hidden
Live your life on ‘our’ land – just consider yourself winning
We’ll take care of politics, of decisions, of direction
We’ll find you once every four years when we’re having elections
And what is this you tell me about the ‘intersections’
Is that at the mailing address you are always hiding your taxes?
Stop blaming racism, playing that card
Overanalyzing Blackness, Othello’s role in the Bard
Just assimilate to the way we do things, go pick up a hockey stick.
Tell us what your watching on Netflix?
Sh*t – like your food smell on the bus.
Why are you putting up such fuss?
About your racialized self (even Google knows it ain’t a word)
Race was yesterday’s problem
But it’s todays for everyone else
