Response To Changing Demographics

It didn’t occur to me until I discussed the poem, “The Community College Revises Its Curriculum in Response to Changing Demographics” in class. How the author separates the lines in the poem makes it sound like a course catalog. “To changing Demographics” indicates that the society is changing in terms of nationality, religion, and ethnicity. The poem is especially in concern of Hispanic people in the United States. “Giving the police the ability to express themselves tersely” (3-6) is an abuse of power towards Spanish speaking people. According to Cambridge Dictionary, the word tersely means using few words, sometimes in a way that seems rude or unfriendly (dictionary.cambridge.org). The duty of a police officer is to protect people and property.