ADMINISTRATORS AT GROSSE POINTE SOUTH HIGH IN MICHIGAN ARE
APOLOGIZING AFTER VIDEO SURFACED OF A FEW OF THEIR WHITE STUDENTS
SAYING WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEY WERE PRESIDENT OF 20/40.
IT IS A RACIALLY CHARGED VIDEO THAT HAS A LOT OF SENSITIVE
CONTENT IN IT.
I GIVE YOU THAT WARNING, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
STUPID, WORTHLESS, SEND THEM BACK TO AFRICA, OR SLAVES,
ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN 2040?
SEGREGATE.
NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA.
MONTANA, WYOMING.
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VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
I LIKE POTATOES, SO...
NEW MEXICO.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE TREATED?
THEY ARE GOING TO BE OWNED BY WHITE PEOPLE.
THE WHITE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE THE DOMINANCE IN THE COUNTRY.
[INAUDIBLE]
STAB THEM SO YOU CAN KNOW WHOSE OWNER IS.
YOU CAN TRADE THEM FOR [INAUDIBLE].
YOU CAN GET ALCOHOL FROM THAT SHIT.
NO NO NO NO, NO!
ANYTHING ELSE BRO?
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THEM IN COFFINS, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM
IN THE RIVER [INAUDIBLE].
SO THEY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO BURN BLACK PEOPLE AT THE STAKE,
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ALLOW SLAVERY, AND THEN THEY ARE GOING
TO THROW BLACK PEOPLE INTO THE ATLANTA OCEAN.
YEAH, WELL, THEY ALSO SAID THAT WHITE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE THE
DOMINANCE OF THIS COUNTRY.
THAT MAKES ME WONDER IF YOU ARE REALLY GOING TO BE AS
DOMINANT AS YOU THINK YOU ARE WHEN YOU CLEARLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ON MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.
LOOK, ON THE ONE HAND YOU CAN SAY IT'S STUPID YOUNG KIDS
HORSING AROUND ñ WHY ARE THEY RECORDING THAT?
EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S SO FUNNY TO RECORD REALLY STUPID
STUFF, UNTIL IT GETS OUT, THEN IT'S NOT SO FUNNY.
IS IT THEIR REAL OPINIONS?
I HOPE TO GOD IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY THINK ANYONE ELSE IS IN THE ROOM.
MAYBE THEY WERE TRYING TO ONE UP EACH OTHER.
IT TURNS MY STOMACH THAT WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY THAT THINK LIKE THIS.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO TREAT BLACK PEOPLE IN HIGH SCHOOL?
IN THEIR SURROUNDINGS?
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT EVEN IF THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY JOKING,
TRYING TO BE OUTRAGEOUS, THAT THEY HAVE A HEALTHY VIEW OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS?
THAT THEY MIGHT TREAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS FAIRLY?
I THINK THE FACT THAT THEY WERE COMFORTABLE FILMING THIS AND
SAYING THINGS THE WAY THAT THEY SAY IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE
EMBOLDENED IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM.
THERE IS SOME CULTURE AROUND THEM THAT MAKES THEM THINK
THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS EXCUSABLE OR ACCEPTABLE,
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME WORRY THE MOST.
BECAUSE LOOK, AS TEENAGERS WE HAVE ALL SAID AND DONE
STUPID THINGS.
I'M SURE IF YOU HAD RECORDINGS OF ME TALKING AS A TEENAGER
I WOULD BE EXTREMELY EMBARRASSED BY HOW STUPID I WAS, BUT
WITH THAT SAID I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AND TURN THEM INTO LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY, THESE KIDS ARE TERRIBLE RACISTS AND WE
SHOULD DESTROY THEIR FUTURES.
NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AT ALL.
BUT AS THE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE SAID, LET'S TAKE THIS SITUATION,
LET'S HAVE BEEN BASED CONSEQUENCES THAT FIT THE
CRIME, WHICH IS SUSPENSIONS OR WHATEVER, BUT THEN LET'S
OPEN THE DIALOGUE ABOUT RACE RELATIONS AND WHY THIS IS
NOT EXCUSABLE.
I GOT SUSPENDED IN SCHOOL FOR CURSING.
ON THE ONE HAND THEY WEREN'T IN SCHOOL, ON THE OTHER HAND
THEY RELEASED IT TO THE PUBLIC, SO NOW THE WHOLE SCHOOL
SEES IT, AND HOW DO BLACK KIDS FEEL AT THAT SCHOOL, IF
THEY HAVE ANY BLACK KIDS IN THE SCHOOL?
IT'S A DIFFERENT POWER DYNAMIC TO IT.
IF IT WAS POOR PEOPLE, AND IT DOES NOT EXCUSE RACISM IN
POOR PEOPLE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH POWER TO INFLICT DAMAGE.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RICH KIDS FROM GROSSE POINTE,
WHO AT SOME POINT ARE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION TO INFLICT
THEIR VIEWS UPON OTHERS, IF YOU DON'T AT LEAST CORRECTED
NOW, WHEN WILL YOU EVER CORRECT IT?
OR DO YOU THINK THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE, AND THEY WILL
GROW UP WITH THOSE IDEAS AND THOSE "VALUES"?
AND SOME DAY SOME AFRICAN AMERICANS MIGHT SUFFER BECAUSE
THOSE KIDS ARE OUT THERE AND THEY THINK IT'S COOL TO SAY
THINGS LIKE THAT.