Arizona Goddam!

This poem seems to be written by someone who has been through a lot. Whether the writer was a victim of racism or not, Arizona is to be blamed for what is going on right now. They are trying to perhaps maintain control over the people and take out those who don’t belong, but if anything, they are creating more chaos. The manner in which they have chosen to “handle” things is incorrect. They are racial profiling people and suspecting that they are illegal aliens based on their appearance. It is not only degrading, but also embarrassing to live in a place that thinks of its people this way. Simply trying to eliminate people that “don’t belong” is not the solution for a better community or life. The only outcome I see in this is that it will create hatred among those who are culturally different from each other. Instead of progressing and moving forward, Arizona is going back to the messed up ways this world once was.