This video clip contains a report on political power shift. During this report, Andrew Beveridge, a professor at Queens College, was asked a question in regard to who is counted in the U.S. census. While speaking, he was naming those who are now counted after the 14th amendment was set in notion, but he called Blacks “slaves”. He even had to correct himself once he realized what he had just said on national television. This has now reached social media and is well known by much of the population. When first seeing this, it seems sort of funny, but when you really think about it, that was beyond disrespectful. Those times where African-Americans were brutalized, killed, and treated less of a person are long over. People with this mindset are a big explanation as to why we as people have not sought equality amongst all races because last time I checked "Slave" isn't an option that you can mark on checkbox to reflect the race I identify with. I refuse to be called a slave or anything besides a person. Too many people have paved the way and given up everything they have had and their lives; therefore, I will not go back in time and take on a name of such hatred and evil. So I don't want to hear that “it was an accident” or “he didn't mean to”; people’s attitudes need to change now or nothing is ever going to change. Jada Copeland
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