Name: What It's Like To Grow Up Black Around The World
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T20:01:12.000Z
Duration: 9 min 50 s
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- When my nephew walks out of the door, I worry for him.

You're not 100% sure whether they're coming home or not.

- [Narrator] These accounts are from six Black people

that have experienced racial discrimination

has been a very complex and interesting relationship.

I'm from Brooklyn, New York, born and raised.

be proud of my skin complexion, be proud of my lineage.

a slightly different narrative of what it means to be black.

because from 12 years old to 18 years old,

my teachers taught me English, I had American teachers.

We had a community, however small it was,

- There is a lot of life in South Africa,

there is a lot of joy, there is a lot of pride

in what is now known as The Rainbow Nation.

But I think that image of The Rainbow Nation

also blindsided people to what's actually happening,

what majority of the country is actually experiencing.

Khayelistha is a township that was created

in the beauty you kind of see in this area,

of vibrancy and people are so grateful for life,

and it's sort of that kind of experience.

- [Narrator] Do you think other countries

- I think people who are outside of Australia,

are acutely aware of the racial inequality.

and so I think people have a very idealized version

so to think that UK is not racist is stupid.

and as a baby country, they're in their toddler phase,

we're the mature old sister that can suppress

and really be vindictive with their own doings.

So as the US's racism is so overt, it's in your face,

- You know, I think when people think of Canada,

and there couldn't possibly be racism here,

People of color experience it almost everyday.

It needs to be known, something needs to be said about it,

I'm doing being polite, I'm done being quiet.

it's about 28 minutes from central Cape Town,

So when a tourist is visiting South Africa,

Robben Island, Table Mountain, Waterfront,

all of the beautiful, Instagram worthy places.

from what you are seeing from those Instagram pictures.

An interesting thing is that many children of color

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