Black Twitter is taking a moment to remind the world that the racism isn’t just a problem at the University of Oklahoma.
It’s often said that we live in a post-racial America—particularly because we have a Black president in the White House. However, as incidents in Ferguson and New York have reminded us, that’s simply not the case.
People are still very upset about a video where members of the OU chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon are gleefully singing an incredibly racist song in which they chanted that a “n*gger” would never pledge their frat. A Twitter user with the handle @kidnoble used the outrage as an opportunity for racial discussion as he posed two questions on Monday.
When was the last time you experienced blatant racism? #BlackExperience
— #BlackExperience (@kidnoble) March 9, 2015
Tell your story. When was the first time you were called a n*gger? #BlackExperience
— #BlackExperience (@kidnoble) March 9, 2015
The responses, which were all horrifying, brought to light the fact that racism is still a reality in the United States that many people had to face at very young ages.
I almost drowned at Lake Lanier because the lifeguard said he wasn’t gonna jump in and save a nigger. I was 8 #BlackExperience
— Bruce Banner (@nerd_worldorder) March 9, 2015
2nd grade my best friend was depressed bc a white student told her she’d be his slave. #blackexperience
— Shanye (@0hBehave) March 9, 2015
Mom wanted me in the “gifted program” which was majority white so it came with territory in small town Wisconsin @kidnoble.
— Divinity Matovu (@divinitymatovu) March 9, 2015
#BlackExperience At 5, my parents were first Blacks to by property on my block. White folks left en masse. White flight, they called it.
— Anita Cameron (@adaptanita) March 9, 2015
For some, the first run-in came a little later in life, but the experience was still very hurtful.
at 13 years old.. my cousins & i were chased by klansmen in pulaski, tn; i still have the scar in my mouth bc he punched me #BlackExperience
— ρoρєyєѕєxuαl 1922 † (@_lesbiTREN) March 9, 2015
“@kidnoble: Tell your story. When was the first time you were called a n*gger? #BlackExperience” I worked at Belk, her card was declined
— syd-knee (@rightpriced) March 9, 2015
In high school football when we played a predominantly white school and the students yelled “NIGGERS” at our bus #BlackExperience
— Bambino (@jdboutpaper) March 9, 2015
Black Twitter Explores Modern-Day Racism With #BlackExperience was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
