Commentary On The Poem 'On The Subway'

On the subway
On The Subway is about a white woman who sits across from an intimidating black youth while on the train. The author uses imagery to bring the reader on the train on that day.
Black people never had it easy due to our race being oppressed. They are thought of as thugs by the way they look, act, or dress. In this poem, a man that happened to be black was being stereotyped. Because he was black, he has a “cold look of a mugger”. The character stated that “she looks at his raw face and he looks at my fur coat”. She then continued to say “I don’t know if I am in his power…. he could take my coat so easily, my briefcase, my life.” Maybe the black youth thinks it's a nice fur coat.
The whole tone of the poem is serious.