Learned Behaviour

They teach the white boy he is losing. They teach the black boy he is less. They teach the migrant he is guilty. They teach the hungry to accept. They sell the war. They sell the cure. They sell the poison and the prayer. They stand above the burning streets and ask how all that fire got there. Racism is not born in bone. It is planted, watered, fed. It grows where power needs a mask and truth is dragged away for dead. They are always there.