Kristopher Baptiste
Carrie Hall
English 1101
May 2, 2019
“Im not racist” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43gm3CJePn0
In our society people are treating each other unfairly just because of the different skin color and based on there ethnic group but nobody is seeing this as a problem. The song “im not racist” by Joyner Lucas is about a white guy and a black giving there view point of racism in there own way and how it affects them in the society. The white guy talks about how he’s not a racist but he is tired how black people are going about things in life for example he stated Yellin’ “nigga this” and “nigga that” Call everybody “nigga” and get a nigga mad As soon as I say “nigga” then everyone react. This shows that black people be looking at white people as people thats wants to be like them or just being the people that look down on them like they use to in the slavery era. Also he states that how he dont like how black are not being there for their kids or helping them financially but instead they are wasting money on weed, partying on the road and that they dont got they priorities straight. Also they dont have goals for themselves so they dont even know where to go after a certain point. Additionally they rather sell drugs than get a job. The black guy talks about how theirs nothing wrong with black people saying the word nigga because we know thats how we great each other but when the white people use it has a double meaning and that they cant use it because they have black friends because they made up that word to throw black people under. Also he states that white people are trying to take black culture and make it theirs.  He is tired of how the cops is always trying to start something for no reason, they stop and question a black guy just because he is black but they would not do that to a white person. This shows how we might live in the same place but we are in two different worlds. We are world were people are treated different because of the color of our skin and certain people got certain privileges this shows how unfair this world is. We also treat one another unfairly in this society. Black people are being harassed by white people especially by the white cops, they also have to deal with the racism by others and the criticism that they get for certain they or even how they want to live their life. In the song he states that “Judging me by my skin color and my blackness Tryna find a job but ain’t nobody call me back yet Now I gotta sell drugs to put food in my cabinet”. This shows how white people are criticizing how black people are trying make money but they are not talking about how they are trying to get to get jobs to support themselves or for there family but its hard because of the racial profiling thats going on in this society so a job would pick up a white person first before a black person. In this day and age its very hard for a black to have a successful career because of how people look at them thats why black people treat and look at white people in a certain way.
White people gets look at differently by black people because of everything thats going starting from the president to the people in there society. Some call us niggers and would state that the world need to go back to the old days where we were still slaves and thats why some will say that president trump need to make the world great again which they referring to that era. Thats why black have this type of attitude towards white people. But not all white people think like that but black people tend to treat all of them the same which in a way is unfair. This is why there is unfair treatment between black and white people and this is not going to change no time soon.
The song “im not racist” was released on November 28 2017 which has 2.4 million views. The song was made to shows two men one black and one white in a warehouse and they are given the opportunity to air there racial grievances at one another. Throughout the song “Im not racist” is repeated in order to show people that they are not racist but they just want to understand each other better and understand what one another is going through. The white man raps about how black people are lazy, government assistance dependent criminals who use slavery as an excuse for our behavior and are more concerned with looking cool than taking care of our kids. Whereas the black man raps about racism is basically the reason we’re forced to do the things the white guy accuses us of doing. But after both men are done rapping they hug to show that they finally got a good understanding of one another.
Therefore in conclusion people should treat should people fairly because its not fair to treat other people unfair just because of the color of there skin or just because of there race. Everyone should treat people the way you wish to be treated by others.
