Even though it’s 2016, have people really changed that much? From the Black Lives Matter movement to the unbelievable flack that Beyoncé got over her Super Bowl 50 performance, it seems that race issues are in the social conscience now as much as ever.
While there are many efforts being made now to help address race issues today, one video from just over a year ago still resonates today for many people around the world. In 2015 the Jubilee Project put out a YouTube video that asked random people one simple question:
“What would the world look like without black people?”
The video starts out with a few surprised answers such as, “Whoa,” and “That’s a hard question.” Soon though, people begin to open up and give some amazing responses. There are obvious observations such as:
“We wouldn’t have a president.”
“It’d be kind of bland, kind of vanilla.”
“Music as we know would not exist.”
“There would be no hip-hop, oh crap.”
Things start to really expand when one man with his friends makes a very poignant point by saying:
“Listen, if people loved black people as much as they love black culture, everything would be fine. Everyone loves black culture. They love black culture but when it comes to black people they’re kind of, “Let me grab my kid, let me clutch my purse a little tighter.”
Another man describes it this way:
“The truth is is that being black in America is like walking through the store and people are scared of you or… they see thug no matter what.”
While the number of amazing responses that people gave are many, I would hope that people take a few minutes to watch the video. Also, the disgusting comments in the comments thread show just the kind of pathetic, ignorant racism that this country still holds to tightly.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TkteKQhXz0&w=853&h=480]
Featured image via YouTube screengrab.
