Watch: Ronan Farrow Says He Gets Racism Because His Mom Had ‘Black Mother-itis’
During the segment while discussing the police shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, guest Jonathan Capehart suggested that black men have to go extra lengths to ensure their safety in public.
“Don’t run in public,” Capehart said. “Don’t run with anything in your hands. Keep a discreet distance away from white women, lest you get accused of any number of things.”
“You know it resonates so much for me on a personal level because I grew up with a black brother and people talk about this term ‘black mother-itis’: black mothers fearing exactly what you’re talking about,” Farrow said. “My white mother had ‘black mother-itis.'”
“I mean I heard this speech so many times. My brother was a big black guy and he would run in the supermarket as a young teenager and she would say ‘you can’t do that,'” Farrow explained. “And that he had to dress in a different way from me because there were all these fears maybe violence against him if he went across the street in a hoodie, if he went across the street in a certain way.”
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4 responses to Watch: Ronan Farrow Says He Gets Racism Because His Mom Had ‘Black Mother-itis’
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Tommy6860 August 11th, 2014 at 17:56
I can relate to this. My niece, who is in her 40s now, has a black mother. I grew up being called a monkey’s uncle, as an example of the more less harsh racists terms thrown at me. I can’t tell you how many times I cried over those instances growing up. When I got older, I learned how to be thicker-skinned. Some of those who did the name-calling apologized later in life and I accepted it as I understood their upbringing; the main cause of their bigotry.
This latest incident in Ferguson is just another example of the inequality in how some view others simply based on the color of their skins and it is sickening. This young man had his life taken away while unarmed, hands raised in the air and ready to surrender. Yet we can have asshole open carry nut-jobs walk around with assault weapons strapped to their backs, and they are not considered a threat, seriously! It is all skin color, plain and simple.
A black man ready to surrender while unarmed is a threat, but these guys are not;
Tommy6860 August 11th, 2014 at 17:56
I can relate to this. My niece, who is in her 40s now, has a black mother. I grew up being called a monkey’s uncle, as an example of the more less harsh racists terms thrown at me. I can’t tell you how many times I cried over those instances growing up. When I got older, I learned how to be thicker-skinned. Some of those who did the name-calling apologized later in life and I accepted it as I understood their upbringing; the main cause of their bigotry.
This latest incident in Ferguson is just another example of the inequality in how some view others simply based on the color of their skins and it is sickening. This young man had his life taken away while unarmed, hands raised in the air and ready to surrender. Yet we can have asshole open carry nut-jobs walk around with assault weapons strapped to their backs, and they are not considered a threat, seriously! It is all skin color, plain and simple.
A black man ready to surrender while unarmed is a threat, but these guys are not;
R.J. Carter August 11th, 2014 at 17:58
I saw that earlier and didn’t see it as “-itis.” It gave me this weird visual of Mia Farrow with dark brown breasts.
R.J. Carter August 11th, 2014 at 17:58
I saw that earlier and didn’t see it as “-itis.” It gave me this weird visual of Mia Farrow with dark brown breasts.