Tag Archives: white privilege

It’s a Privilege

Posted on January 18, 2019 by soitgoes1984

Our grandfather was a roofer and he spent his whole life busting his ass to provide for his working class children and then his working class grandchildren and then, when he was 68 years old he was repairing a chimney … Continue reading →

Posted in addiction, alcohol, america, american dream, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, death, family, government, grandfather, Howard Zinn, human rights, humanity, MLK, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, poverty, racism, Uncategorized | Tagged addiction, alcohol, America, Bob Marley, death, drugs, hatred, life, poem, Poetry, poverty, racism, tax resistance, war, white privilege, working class | Comments Off

When Pigs Cry

Posted on June 21, 2018 by soitgoes1984

The pigs have begun to cry now at the sight of the lambs being devoured by the predators but what about the sheep what about the cows what about all those goats and the horses the cats and the dogs … Continue reading →

Posted in america, american dream, farm, farming, Gaza, greed, history, horses, human rights, Iraq, poem, Poetry, poverty, racism, refugees, refugees welcome, Sheep, solidarity, Syria, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, white privilege | Tagged alpacas, America, american dream, Border Patrol, cages, chickens, ducks, farm, farming, geese, goats, hiorses, ICE, lambs, llamas, Mexico, pigs, poem, poetry, refugees, Sheep, taxes, Texas, violence, war, white privilege | Comments Off

So…I Smoked Crack

Posted on February 2, 2018 by soitgoes1984

So… I smoked crack not long after I got back from Iraq. We had been up all night and I lost track of time after too much salt and too many limes and too many lines blurring reality and I … Continue reading →

Posted in america, american dream, crack, drugs, Iraq, poem, Poetry, prison, racism, Uncategorized, war, white privilege | Tagged alcohol, american dream, crack, depression, drugs, farming, iraq, poem, poetry, prison, war, white privilege, writing | Comments Off

Break The Silence

Posted on July 8, 2016 by soitgoes1984

My hands are red from blood thats shed my tongue was bitten another is dead Betrayed with silence for too many years time now to break from all the fear Slavery ended so too Jim Crow but we … Continue reading →

Posted in america, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, death, dreams, Eric Garner, fear, freedom, humanity, ignorance, justice, Liberty, life, MLK, murder, Occupy, peace, poem, Poetry, police, police brutality, poverty, racism, slavery, solidarity, truth, Uncategorized, white privilege, writing | Tagged America, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, bread and circuses, death, dreams, empire, humanity, ignorance, Jim Crow, justice, liberty, love, poem, poetry, police, poverty, prison, Propaganda, racism, slavery, solidarity, truth, white privilege, writing | Comments Off

Smashing Pumpkins: Drunken Keene State College students riot during Pumpkin Festival.

Posted on October 19, 2014 by soitgoes1984

Sure, it was mostly white folks, but we all know the black guy must have started it…or it’s because the white kids are listening to hip hop, that must be it. Or maybe they’re just over privileged, drunken idiots. I … Continue reading →

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