A poem by Benny Wills performed at Alternative View Conference in the UK in 2019

Race War by Benny Wills

Racism is not systemic
It’s not genetic or endemic
It’s really not the problem
Although it is problematic

Problem is it’s nourished
Endorsed, engineered, and encouraged
In our society that’s fractured
Run by maniacs and bastards
Dollar signs and bankers
Politics and wankers

They want us fighting each other
Blaming, hating, and shaming each other

So we’re always looking laterally
Horizontally
Instead of up the ladder accurately

Divide and conquer is the method
And it’s the oldest trick in the book
Distracting us by blaming us
While they get off the hook

White cops versus black men
Just a clever misdirection
The police state versus everyone
And a war for your perception

Furthermore let’s explore
American economics
Debt-based indentured servitude
Disguised as patriotic

The money monster taunts us
And haunts us like a ghost
Drip drop like an IV drip
Cuz without any, you’re toast

Maximize the profit
Minimize opportunity
Advertise the hell out of it
Polarize common unity

Racism is real without a doubt
Not pretending like it ain’t
It’s a scary thing that’s taught to us
And teaches us to hate

The media embraces it
Regurgitates and celebrates it

And politicians use it
Accuse it and abuse it

Over and over and time again
Same shit on a different day
Battered, broken and paranoid
While our freedoms slip away

But hey

I’ll love you no matter what
Regardless of your race
I’ll double-down, I’ll say it again
And reiterate just in case

I love you
I love you
I love you

Doesn’t matter the color of your skin

I love you
I love you
I love you

What matters is what is within

Don’t hate
Be great
And invert the golden rule

Don’t do to others
Black, white, brown, green, purple or polka dot
As you would prefer them not do to you"

~Benny