Slam poetry has long been considered a way for people to discuss fringe topics of society. One of the favorites has always been race and racism. Since the beginnings, poets like Amiri Baraka and Tato Laviera have used slam poetry to talk about the racism that they saw around them and how it felt growing up as a minority in America. As time has gone on, slam poetry continues to be a way to express feelings about issues that America and the world faces today. After decades, race continues to be one of the biggest issues talked about in slam poetry today. In his paper “Racism in 21st Century Slam Poetry: A Study of Three Poets and Three Poems” Taylor Monfort-Eaton looks at three of the major players in today’s slam poetry scene and how they use slam poetry to discuss modern day racism. Using examples from poets Shihan, Lemon Andersen, and Jason Carney, Mr. Monfort-Eaton explores how the formal aspects of poetry are infused with the presentation of slam poetry to enhance the meaning of the poetry as it relates to racism. In the paper, Mr. Monfort-Eaton pays special attention to the formal aspects of tone, speaker, audience, and occasion and how each poet utilizes each aspect in their poetry. Starting with Shihan, Mr. Monfort-Eaton  discusses the poem “Sick and Tired”, an impassioned cry to members of all races and the media to stop the misappropriation of African-American culture. Mr. Monfort-Eaton pays special attention to some of the examples used, and how racial slurs and expletives are used to enhance the poem. From there, Mr. Monfort-Eaton moves on to Lemon Andersen and his poem “Where I’m From”, a poem that both celebrates and criticizes the barrio that Andersen grew up in. In this poem, Mr. Monfort-Eaton compares and contrasts the ideas of celebration and criticism and how Andersen uses both to work for his poem. This is also an interesting poem because Andersen talks about a New York City barrio, on a stage in New York City. Finally, Mr. Monfort-Eaton looks at Jason Carney’s poem “My Southern Heritage”, a critical look at the racial ignorance that still exists in the south. Mr. Monfort-Eaton looks at how Carney uses the past, present, and future, as well as why Carney would choose to perform this piece in front of a largely African-American audience in New York City. Throughout all of these poems, Mr. Monfort-Eaton notes a theme that all poets claim that there is still a race problem in America today, and how they each discuss ways to fix the problem. Along with each poem, Mr. Monfort-Eaton provides an in-depth explanation of the poem, and points out points in both the poem and the performance where the poet has utilized one of the four formal aspects in order to enhance their poem’s meaning.  An interesting look at racism in the 21^st century and the ways that it is dealt with, Taylor Monfort-Eaton’s ““Racism in 21st Century Slam Poetry: A Study of Three Poets and Three Poems” is not to be missed.