Discussion In Session

As I was thinking about a topic to post about today, I looked back at the pieces that we read during the week, "Save the Whales, Kill the Shrimp" and Jourdan Anderson's letter. I realized that we hadn't really discussed the racial implications involved in the piece; we were discussing the nuances of irony and sarcasm. This stray thought then whisked me away to a music video I have recently seen, "I'm Not Racist" by Joyner Lucas. I highly recommend watching it, but I do warn you that there is a lot of profanity laced throughout the song. The more important connection I received from the video was the strong message of disillusionment people carry today. If you choose not to watch the video, this is the premise: a Caucasian male sporting a Make America Great Again hat speaks with and African American male one-on-one, venting their feelings and insecurities. By the end of the video, they reconcile, and everything is well again in the world. Not so. This world we inhabit currently shows almost no sign of promising change. Racism, however thinly veiled by the media or people, is still prevalent. A conversation with a close friend opened my eyes to the degrading nature and decency that encompasses human culture. It seems as if, day by day, the world continues to fall into this endless black hole of despair for every gender, color, and creed. All we have to do is talk to one another and explicitly tell one another what our issues are. Just as Jourdan said, "surely there will be a day of reckoning." I can't help but think that there will be if we can't forgive our past and move forward. So hopefully this will end. All we need is a little heart to heart. 

I'm going to post the link to video down below, but once again, I would like to warn you off the explicitness of the video if you aren't comfortable profanity. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43gm3CJePn0