A Florida woman blasts the ideology that “anti-blackness” is a phase that children go through. She focuses on how sick she is of middle and high schoolers being defended for their racist actions. She feels these actions should be held accountable, as the targets of these comments live with them into adulthood.
The video begins with the Florida woman sharing that if she were old enough to experience racism as a child, then the other children are old enough to be held accountable. This comes as a response to the leaked messages of Mayor Mamdani’s wife. The woman is tired of people defending those they “don’t know against their own racist actions.” The video has garnered thousands of likes, views, and comments.
She explains that racism is treated like a “coming of age story that everybody knows about, we were all anti-black.” The Florida woman rants that she’s sick of hearing the excuse “they were kids.” She doesn’t want to hear about how everybody was doing it at that age. In the video, she states, “The black kids were kids too.” She elaborates, “We were kids too when we had to deal with the black jokes every single day.” These jokes often focused on their noses, skin color, or hair. She reasons that people don’t see “the humanity in black kids having to grow up faster than everybody else.”
Many Applaud Florida Woman For Speaking Out
Since elementary school, she shares, parents have had to explain to their children what racist jokes meant. Her statements highlight how it’s unfair that children can make these jokes and then go home as if nothing happened. Part of her statements includes addressing how people will accept apologies for racism they didn’t experience. She continues, “You don’t get to speak for us.” She describes this ‘anti-blackness phase’ as something that black children shouldn’t have to get over.
Many have thanked the Florida woman for speaking out and have shared similar experiences. One commenter is still dealing with trauma, saying, “I AM STILL DEALING WITH TRAUMA FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I’M 34!” Another shares personal experience: “Mind you, my first experience of racism was in elementary school.” Another adds, “And it’s not jokes.. nothing funny about it.” One commenter shares, “I used to dread going to school, and being on social media was the worst.” Another one cheers, “100% louder for those in the back!”
The video has caught attention as many feel she’s speaking out about how black children are harmed by someone’s ‘racist phase.’ Thousands comment in agreement. Many comments applaud the Florida woman for speaking out and sharing similar traumas from experiencing racism in school. This appreciation is what has caused the video to spread.
