Perhaps original and edging sin,
our species have evolved to notice strange.
It gave advantage in the race to win
survival through a world of threat and change.
But xenophobia can go too far.
Its consequence (both logical and wrong)
can reach to racism and build a bar
to benefits diversified and strong.

I hear systemic racism accused
of forming a foundation for our ways.
I read of genocide and groups abused,
and human evil booming worse these days.
What’s born of instinct, once a needed trait,
evolves into a tendency to hate.