«For me, as a white dude -- as a white rapper -- Im like, how do I participate in this conversation? How do I participate? How do I get involved on a level where Im not co-opting the movement, or Im not making it about me, but also realizing the platform I have and the reach that I have, and doing it in an authentic and genuine way. Racism is uncomfortable to talk about. White people, we can just turn off the TV when were sick of talking about racism. We can be like, Oops, Im done. It does not work that way for everybody, but thats what we can do. White liberal people want to be nice. We dont want to mess up. We dont want to be racists. We want to be like, Were post-racial and we have a black president and we dont need to talk about white privilege. Its all good, right? Its not the case. I was talking to somebody the other day, and they said to me, Silence is an action. It is my privilege that I can be silent about this issue. And Im tired of being silent about it. Ive been silent for a long time about it. Because I didnt want to mess up. I didnt want to say the wrong thing. I didnt want to offend anybody. But it is so imperative right now that we have this race conversation in America. If were going to progress. If were going to move past this. If were going to work together -- truly work together -- we have to get past that awkward stage of the race conversation, step up and just have it. I dont know where that starts, other than just speaking about it. You just have to start talking about it. As a white person, we have to listen. We need to listen, direct the attention to people of color on the ground mobilizing, listen to those people, and take some direction on how we can actually make this conversation happen.» #breakthesystem #reeducate
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:48:55 +0000
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