The poem primarily focuses on, and mocks, John Cabot. The name “Cabot” brings to mind the explorer John Cabot, who was a slave trader in the Mediterranean. The Cabots were also a wealthy and powerful family in Boston. The speaker explains that he is “out of Wilma,” meaning his mother’s name was Wilma. The phrase “out of” is generally used when discussing racehorses. In this context, the phrase is mocking the wealthy elite’s attachment to pedigree. He is described as having “golden hair” and wearing “whitebluerose,” or red, white, and blue colors (2). Cabot is essentially described as the quintessential, generic white man. He is, of course, intensely racist, fearing “‘the blackness’” touching him (19). Cabot is revealed to be blind and misguided, as his attachment to property ultimately consumes him, still ignorant to the mob’s motivations. He dies in the rubble of his possessions, blaming...