Guilty of Being Brown
GUILTY OF BEING BROWN By Henry Howard I had a nightmare the other night. I dreamed I went to buy the morning paper, And the headline screamed For all the world to see, “SB1070 Declared Fully Legal!” And I cried, because I knew I was now legally unwelcome here. My mother took the paper and milk from me With trembling hands, And told me in her soft Mexican voice That Papa had been arrested on his way to work. For the crime of driving without a Green Card, He was found Guilty of Being Brown. ...