I was walking behind a son and father who were talking about a movie about a well known African American who was still successful despite experiencing repeated violent racism for years. The son asked, “Did all that stuff really happen?” The father said, “I don’t know.” I wanted to say, yes that happened and many more examples that the movie did not cover. I did not because I wasn’t part of the conversation and I did not want to be dubbed the stereotypical angry Black person.
Later, I decided to focus on the positive — at least the white father and son saw the movie. After seeing video after video after video, maybe they will believe the stories of people of color rather than asking, “Do you think it really happened?”
Maybe they will speak out against bias and racism in their social group.
Maybe.
