Video & Visual Prompts: Studio City
The myth of racial difference that was created to sustain American slavery persists today. Slavery did not end in 1865, it evolved. #SlaveryEvolved The legacy of slavery can be seen in the presumption of guilt and dangerousness assigned to African Americans, especially young men and boys, the racial profiling and mistreatment that presumption creates, and the racial dynamics of mass incarceration.
“An ideology of white supremacy, a narrative of racial difference was created to rationalize and justify the continuation of slavery.”
Parents reaction to doll test
“You can talk and talk but if you do not actually have a wide circle of friends, if you say one thing and preach diversity and oh we believe this but our circle of friends is this and we used these kinds of words at home but we tell you not to. Then guess what their gonna do. Their gonna copy exactly what you do and ignore everything you say.”
Soledad O’Brien”
“Like most Americans I could no longer pay lip service to a cause that is so urgently right and in a time that is so urgently now.”
Charleton Heston”
