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Unread 07-21-2020, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by R. S. Gwynn View Post
I posted this poem on Facebook, asking, "Is this racist? Or just unfair?" Opinions have been mixed.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...GXw5CSFfhxyuPA
I think it is both racist and unfair, though obviously not in an extreme or harsh way.

The speaker is suggesting these girls are worthy of a negative bias and stereotype about white people based on the fact that they are white, in conjunction with other superficial aspects. It is an example of mentally stooping to racism (negative bias based on race) and engaging in racial-profiling.

As far as the format, I don't see anything that makes it a poem. Anyone could present an excerpt from a novel thus. It is simply prose in line breaks.
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