Justice
Justice - meaning Summary
Blind Justice's Concealed Wounds
The poem states that the familiar image of Justice as a blind goddess rings hollow for Black observers. Her blindfold does not protect impartiality but conceals two "festering sores" that suggest past wounds and ongoing corruption. In few stark lines the speaker rejects the myth of neutral justice and implies that the system's blindness hides deep, historical injuries done to Black people.
Read Complete AnalysesThat Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes.
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