A white boy born into a poor family must find it hard to understand the idea of white privilege
A black boy born into a poor family must find it hard to understand racism
racism is pain unheard and unwitnessed
class war
privilege is a mood not a status
black deaths matter
Uncle Ben scrapped its Uncle Ben on the front of the 2 minute rice something about a century old stereotype
Quaker Oats scrapped it’s Aunt Jemima syrup and pancakes, comfort food looking a bit like slavery
All this because a black George Floyd managed to gasp “I can’t breathe” in ear shot of a smart phone when he’s neck was being stomped on by a white cop
Token change, all ads up, I guess
Even the British Broadcasting Commission cast more black actors in it’s period dramas, to represent
Hope it says to each and every little black boy yes you can swan around in a top hat and high-buttoned, single breasted waistcoat one day
no matter how historically inaccurate
All this makes me feel like real change has come to food and TV