All it takes is a white woman
and suddenly all the world’s aware
of atrocities long endured
by those with skin less than fair.
A martyr for a cause,
no less a victim indeed,
but not long before you were blind,
to the hatred taking seed.
So now you’ve found your voice,
a mere whimper in the cacophony of hate.
Isn’t that just like humankind?
waking up a little bit too late.