Missing the point is the point
when racism dodges and ducks
to avoid the naming of the shrew
which lurks amidst us.
She used to hang out in back alleys
where garbage was tossed away
until collected on trash day.
We set aside days to collect trash
but we allow Racism to stay.
We used to encourage her to hide.
We used to pretend we did not see.
Now, she proudly raises her head
and we simply turn away.
We now allow her to roam the streets,
invite her to give a speech,
welcome her to boardrooms
and classrooms and banks.
In-bed her in textbooks and blogs.
Elevate her upon congressional seats.
She has been the mistress home alone
who now insists on ascending the throne.
She usefully changes the subject
and beguiles all who question
those who embrace her in darkness.
She hides their other secrets,
their lust for power and wealth.
She emboldens their lust
and steals democracy from us
as a means of slaking her the need
for her own power and greed.
Racism is the point man
in the class war being waged.
Racism leads the oligarchic troop,
slakes its thirst to be first into the fray,
Racism guides their way and ours.
Racism entices us and breaks us apart.
Racism is the point.
annarino writes 
Are you using the “she” for racism? Did I read it right? Racism is a “she”? Point of order, if so. Racism is patriarchal. The very language “shrew” used on women is sexism which classism benefits from which patriarchal order is built, same as homophobia. Women can be racist, of course, but well you get my gist?