Kristopher Baptiste
Carrie Hall
English 1101
May 7, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43gm3CJePn0
“Im not racist”
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 and also their racial problems that they go through in there everyday life. 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. In this generation people are often thought to be victimized even when they are not. In the song “Im Not Racist” by Joyner Lucas it shows two different people expressing their view points on how they are victimized in this society.
The white guy in the video is thought to be victimized so he starts to list examples on how he is. 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 according to the song 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”. The white guy feel like he is being attacked and victimized by the black people just because he said the word nigga but in reality he is not he just feels attacked by others. The white guy in the video feels like this is a major problem but nobody really sees it as a big deal they just think that he is complaining or feel attacked. The white gets frustrated and states “that And I work my ass off and I pay my taxes for what? So you can keep livin’ off free government assistance?” This shows how the white guy feels attacked so he start stating things that most black do. He is labeling all black people into one category. According to the song it states that “Food stamps for your children, but you’re still tryna sell ’em For some weed and some liquor or a fuckin’ babysitter While you party on the road ’cause you ain’t got no fuckin’ goals? You already late You motherfuckas needa get your damn priorities straight”. The white guy is getting angry because every time he say something he gets attacks and feels like he is the bad guy because everything he say is made into a big deal and then he feels victimized.
On the other hand the black guy in the song talks about being victimized also but its taken more serious because in this generation and society people are making it a big deal because of the way how people victimize black people. The black guy states that “he power in the word “nigga” is a different sin We shouldn’t say it but we do, and that just what it is
But that don’t mean that you can say it just ’cause you got nigga friends Nigga, that word was originated for you to keep us under”. The black guy says how he is being victimize and its far worse than the white guy in the video is making his problem to be. The black guy explain how the n word the white people use to degrade us, black people use it to we know that’s just how we greet each other and also we use it because we know there’s a double meaning under. According to the song the black guy states that “And even if I wasn’t picking cotton physically That don’t mean I’m not affected by the history My grandmama was a slave, that shit gets to me And you ain’t got no motherfucking sympathy, you pussy nigga!”. No matter what happened in the past with people family relatives that dealt with slavery, segregation and racial abuse can affect there family members in the far future. He also states that “Can’t erase the scars with a bandage” in the song to explain you cant forget the pain so easily, especially if it keeps on happening in the world we live in.
Therefore in conclusion people that feel victimized should stop and think maybe the other person is going through something way worse than what they might be going through. In the song it states “I wish we could trade shoes or we could change lives So we could understand each other more but that’d take time But there’s two sides to every story and now you know mine, I’m hopin’ maybe we can come to an understandin’ Agree to disagree, we could have an understandin”. Its better to try an understand other people as best as we in order to know their pain instead of feeling victimized and attacking other people.
