Prisoner Of Stereotype Poem by Raimi Babatunde

All Christians are like this
All Muslims are like that
All traditionalists will go to hell
All free thinkers won't make heaven
You are prisoner of stereotype

All African are bad
Africans live on trees
All Europeans are cheats
All Americans are fat
All Chinese are dubious
All Arabs are terrorists
You are prisoner of stereotype

All single mothers are lonely
All single fathers are failures
All married men have side chicks
All married women have boyfriends
You are prisoner of stereotype

All unmarried ladies are promiscuous
All unmarried men are opportunists
Women cannot toast men
Men are to pay for all dates
All women belong to the kitchen
You are prisoner of stereotype

All Accountants are stingy
All Politicians are thieves
All Nurses are flirtatious
All Marketers are fizgig
All Lawyers are liars
You are prisoner of stereotype

All Herdsmen are killers
All Policemen take bribes
All Soldiers sniff gun powder
My school is better than yours
My car speaks on tongues
You are prisoner of stereotype

Carry out forensic investigation
Be true to yourself
Are prisoner of stereotype?
Do you judge without listening?
Are you ego-centric?
Or even socio-centric?

That you found truth
Changed your perception
Based on new knowledge
Does not make you weak
But a critical thinker

Live life, love life
Have an open mind
Lest you be like them
They are prisoners of stereotype

African live on trees
Blacks hates whites
Whites hates blacks
Black men are inferior
White men are superior
Our blood is the same bloodline
You are prisoner of stereotype

Single ladies raise thieves
Independent ladies are proud
Handsome Guys are philanderers
Igbos are drug dealers
Yorubas are deceitful
Hausas are diabolical
You are prisoner of stereotype


When you posses new facts
Requiring your change of position
Do not be stereo-typed
Do not ego driven or socio-centric
Else, you are prisoner of stereotype

I was like a prisoner too
Cacophonously vituperating
But today, i am liberated
For, i was a prisoner of stereotype