Subway Essay The poem “On the Subway” the author showed readers how strong racism is between black and white people. The lady in the poem talks about how white people are different from black people. The lady in the poem felt that the young black male was going to rob her all she did was looked at the black male appearance and she assumed that she was getting robbed. The lady did not know what the black male motive was all she knew that he was black with a hoody. The author said “The way I am living off his life, eating the steak he does not eat, as if I am taking the food from his mouth.” The lady felt sympathy for the black man, she felt like
