Alicia Keys shares video ’17 More ways to die if you’re black in America ‘, highlighting racial disparities in society
- Alicia Keys shared an exciting video entitled ’17 More ways to be killed if you’re black in America ‘on Monday
- A continuation of ’23 Reasons’ highlighted in 2016, the 39-year-old crooner teamed up with Breath With Me Revolution and Now This Politics to continue exposing racial disparities in America
- Other celebrities featured include Mary J. Blige, TI, Keke Palmer and Offset
- Each artist listed a seemingly innocuous situation that, unfortunately, has serious consequences for a black person, before sharing the name of someone who had lost his life
- The video calls on the Biden-Harris government to create a commission to address and correct racial injustices in the first 100 days of office
Alicia Keys is using her platform to speak out for racial injustice in America.
The 39-year-old shared a video entitled ’17 More Ways to Die If You’re Black in America ‘on Monday, which highlights the racial disparities still present in our society.
A continuation of the 2016 ’23 ways … ‘in partnership with Breath With Me Revolution, she said,’ I can’t believe I’m back four years later with 17 more ways to get you killed. ‘
17 ways: Alicia Keys, 39, partnered with Breathe With Me Revolution and a handful of black artists to reveal the 17 ways you could be killed if you were black in America, with an exciting video
The dramatic three-minute video was released on Now This Politics’s Instagram page, featuring several musicians, including Khalid, Mary J. Blige, Offset, Keke Palmer and TI, listing 17 seemingly innocuous situations that would be risk-free in nature for a White person .
The routine, non-threatening actions, including: sleeping at your house, leaving a party, running and standing at the window, were combined with names of people who lost their lives, exposing the magnitude of the racial divide in America.
The listed names included George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Rayshard Brooks – four of the most publicized homicide crimes that sparked a mass movement for social justice in the country.
By reducing unnecessary police violence and the need to abolish or reform the police – both hot topics since June – the video provided scary statistics.
Back: a saddened Keys said, ‘I can’t believe I’m back in 17 more ways’, after releasing the initial’ 23 ‘Ways …’ video in 2016
Star-studded line: Keys partnered with celebrities who listed seemingly innocuous situations that have serious consequences based on skin color
The accompanying text says:
More than 1000 people were killed in 2020 by current or former police officers.
Police brutality disproportionately affects mixed race and black people.
Leaving a party: Khalid started the list of 17 situations outside, as each celebrity listed the action and reported the name of someone who had lost his life
In your window: Palmer partnered with video organizations to expose the magnitude of police brutality that disproportionately affects blacks and browns in America
The video aims to present policy changes, as the accompanying organizations, The Breathe With Me Revolution and The Black Music Action Coalition, call for action by the Biden-Harris administration.
In the hope of unleashing tangible change by creating a commission to address and rectify racial injustices, the video expects the government to create a commission within the first 100 days of its mandate.
Making changes: the video ends with an appeal to the Biden-Harris administration to create a commission to address and correct racial injustices in the first 100 days of office