Will Smith: "Racism's not getting worse. It's getting filmed"

[EffieBlack]

Word.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-smith-colbert-race-relations-obama-politics-sings-summertime-916816

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I bet if he had a hat on and glasses and was in that garage with you the same guy

would have done the same thing.

Well, he would have been afraid of the black man, black men have super strength, dont you know.


That last line is sarcasm , for my fans.

[akbacchus_BC]

11. Good that black celebrities are speaking out, now we need their

white counterparts to also speak out also. Civil rights gained momentum when a few white people spoke out, and they knew the consequences. Are we still in the days of no rights for people of colour? It boggles my mind!

[sharedvalues]

2. And remember the GOP amplifies racism. GOTV. And vote Dem!

For votes. On the GOP propaganda networks like Fox.

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2016/04/18/video-how-media-turns-black-rage-enemy/209944

VIDEO: How The Media Turns Black Rage Into The Enemy
Media Images Of Violence Distracted From A History Of Disenfranchisement And Structural Racism In Baltimore

The best way to fight racism is America is to fight the GOP.

[IluvPitties]

3. Word, brother.

[Demsrule86]

4. That is a great point. When the Mom of the Black child dragged off the bus by his feet who

had bruises and a concussion...lucky that man didn't kill him, but I digress. The school called the boy a liar until the Mom pulled out video sent to her by the mother of the boy who filmed the entire thing. He coincidentally was suspended...hmm. Had there been no video that teacher or whatever he was would be free to terrorize more children...I would add this...why do we never see white children dragged of a bus ?

[ismnotwasm]

5. K&R

[uponit7771]

6. AMEN AND AMEN !!!

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Bingo. And Philly is his home town.

[oberliner]

12. In West Philadelphia born and raised?

[Lucinda]

8. KNR

[Cha]

9. Thank you, Will Smith!

snippet from your link..

"Smith agreed and continued with his analogy, saying he appreciates that America's problems with systemic racism are on the table. "I view that in the same way as Jada and I had to work on things in our marriage. When the truth comes out and it gets on the table, you have to confront what's real. It sucks," said Smith. "I think there's an opportunity more than ever for a level of understanding that we've never had before."

Thanks for this, Effie

[Dorian Gray]

10. I don't say this often

but he's absolutely right and I'm with him 100 percent on this.

And I'm glad it's getting filmed. It opens our eyes to what is happening out there. We can't dismiss it as other cultures being too sensitive.

[gollygee]

13. kick