Gates To Racial Cleansing

This is a teaching moment for the public. We have to recognize the importance that race still plays in the society. No doubt if the races were reversed, a Black policeman would have be frowned upon for misconduct and abuse of his authority for arresting a 58 years old, disabled, White Harvard Professor from his own home, in the middle of the night because he behaved cranky given he might have been somewhat jetlagged from very recently returning from a long trip and having the difficulty he did to get into his door and get a much needed rest. Wow! That was a mouthful that sheds a whole new light on the circumstances, even for me.

 

 

Gates To Racial Cleansing

 

Grandma once told me, there are two sides to every story

At one side truth, the other, what someone wants truth to be

Thursday July 16, Sgt. James Crowley answered a call

ECC broadcast came and he wanted to give it his all

Some two men were breaking in at a neighbor’s place

The lady who called never saw either’s face

Only men with knapsacks wedging the front door

Regrettably she was unable to see anymore

And so it started, the Harvard Professor Gates in his own home

Crowley surprised at Gates’ misfit amidst the leather and chrome  

It was not racial profiling yet Crowley didn’t diffuse the protest

And Professor Gates with all his training, could show no finesse

Loud and tumultuous is how Crowley describe Gates

Cantankerous and yelling, no civilize debates

Lured Gates to the foyer where his shouting never stopped

Eventually arrested him but later all charges were dropped

And how do we believe that two rational men

Never attempted to diffuse this back and forth, when

So many times both of them taught others the way

I think we can learn from this incident, things we shouldn’t say

No racial calling, no abuse of authority and treat all equally

Getting handcuffed at your own home - someone’s acting stupidly!

 


Posted by Khaidji at 25 Jul 2009, 6:47 AM
Categories: Barack Obama, In the News

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