Three voices loudly recall stereotypical ‘rules’ for people of colour and thereby outline injustice, prejudice and racial bias in contemporary society. Marvin Hodges, Em Allison and Saidu Tejan-Thomas’ spoken word poem provide the audience with a shocking paradigm shift, confronting them with everyday racisms.

Text and performance can serve as a great example of young poetics and may serve for a teaching unit on poetry slams, speeches and spoken word poetry. Also, the text is suitable for a cross-curricular project on racism in the US, Black Lifes Matter and diversity.

Poetry · United States