Actor Jeremy O. Harris On Race And Identity In America | Mavericks With Ari Melber

Playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris opens up about identity and racism in the South and why he thinks some people canโ€™t handle being called out, in this latest installment of โ€œMavericks with Ari Melber.โ€ Be sure to check out the full interview and other conversations with artists, musicians and cultural icons at msnbc.com/mavericks.
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Actor Jeremy O. Harris On Race And Identity In America | Mavericks With Ari Melber

25 comments

  1. Exactly … it’s when you try to correct a situation and someone gets offended or defensive; that’s a pretty good indicator they’re racist. Unwilling to listen.

    1. Ignorant means not knowing. Hating someone means you don’t want to make a change.
      I do talk to people and I don’t even know their name sometimes. It never came up. The people I worry about the most are the people who stalk me in the Costco parking lot who want to pray for me or the prostitutes for jesus I used to see in the shopping mall. ๐Ÿ˜ก

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  3. Racist spew racisms like this guy in the video. Only thin g they can feel important about in their little lives.

  4. I’m afraid racism isn’t going away anytime soon , it’s a product of the fall which is more of a spiritual problem than sociological . It’s a condition of the heart , as a caucasian born in the late 50’s I saw things much different than most of my peers. I didn’t identify myself as just a white , but a human being and saw ppl as the same. After all , aren’t we told that God made man in His image and isn’t He the Creator of all things ?
    At five , I witnessed the assassination of Pres. JFK …As well as seeing images of white ppl in dark uniforms w/ dogs chewing up black folk and getting sprayed w/ high pressure hoses …it was a horrific sight.
    I would hear my mother’s ppl make racist remarks , it made me feel ashamed them being my relatives. I’m mostly of European decent w/ 1/16 Cherokee blood , I started identifying myself as Cherokee and began despising my European lineage. Left the Mormon church because of it at 16 after waking up 4 yrs. prior.
    I had no idea what it was like to be discriminated against because of my complexion , but I knew how it felt when seeing and hearing it …Sad for ppl of color and shame for looking the way I do , I have to SMH to those that fell they have to belittle others that are different to make themselves fell better about themselves , how stupid , idiotic and down right evil.
    To hate others is to hate ourselves and the One that created all things.

  5. When I moved to the segregated US, I was asked numerous times to fill out ‘my race’ on Federal, State and local forms. Can you imagine being asked such ainappropriate, inconsequential and idiotic questions (unrelated to the matters at hand) such as whether you are ‘black, latino, white…’? I REFUSED and was then told ‘just fill in white, you can pass’. DISGUSTING.

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