Civil Rights in Texas?
Location
When you think of Texas
You think of conservative
You think of the Lone Star State
You think of the Cowboys
You think of how “everything is bigger in Texas”
You think of the best BBQ.
Southern hospitality
How about racial unfairness
How about whites just always have more power
How about the obvious race that are getting arrested?
That’s what Texas promotes.
Why does the color of your skin define you?
Texas is the southest of the south
It parades if you’re not white
You’re different.
Texas is one of the hugest states in the U.S.
Ironic how it can make you feel so insignificant
Discrimination can do so much to a person.
Things have changed since back in the day
But have they changed enough?
Racism.
Time to exceedingly make a change.
Ignore the colors on the outside
Focus what’s on the inside.
Get rid of unfairness
Stimulate equality
Eliminate black guys being searched for no reason.
Nearly 70% of Texas inmates in prison
Are minorities.
Is it fair to think that number is too huge?
With widely racial discrimination going on
It’s hard to think that the 70% is fair.
It has always been a problem we’ve ignored
But it’s a problem we can’t allow to continue.
It’s a problem you hear in schools, work, the mall
You hear them in jokes, casual talk, movies.
Racial slurs are used as humorous talk
But to the people that are being told to them
Are wounded and degraded.
People say it’s not a big deal
To “get over it.”
Racism hurts.