And the time to start doing so is now, Goodman said.
“We can’t not talk about this thing anymore. Because it’s some bulls–t. At base, it’s bulls–t that Black people have to fight to say our lives matter,” he explained. “It should not be a debate. We shouldn’t be debating if racism exists, if it’s bad, if it’s good—which, that’s what people have been doing on Twitter. Like, ‘Is it? Well, what do you think?’ Honey, it exists. It’s been existing. You are a part of it. We are all inside of it. It needs to go. At base. Now, let’s move forward from there.”
Not only is racism not up for debate, but it’s not “a political thing,” either, Goodman noted.
Sylvester agreed, labeling racism, along with everything the Black Lives Matter movement is fighting for, “a human rights” issue: “Like, I’m a Black gay man who votes both Democrat and Republican depending on who the candidate is and what level and what they’re offering to my life and you know, X, Y and Z…so for me, I’m very apolitical.”
Goodman pointed out that there are “levels of engagement inside of this which do include policies and politics,” and that factors such as socioeconomics should be considered in the larger fight for equality. However, yes, “the base is human life,” he added.
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