This year’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge raised over $23 million, thanks in part to its viral promotion and the participation of celebrities like the Game of Thrones cast, Homer Simpson, and, yes, even a naked Kathy Griffin. Now, Samuel L. Jackson is hoping to rally that same kind of widespread support for another cause: “Callin’ out the violence of the racist police.”
In a short clip posted on his Facebook page, Jackson challenges “all you celebrities out there who poured ice water on your head” to sing the “We ain’t gonna stop till people are free” song, a solemn tune undoubtedly inspired by the recent deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
The Django Unchained actor goes on to recite the song himself, starting with a line that directly references Garner’s now-famous last words: “I can hear my neighbor cryin’ ‘I can’t breathe’.”
Jackson ends the video with a quick request, saying, “Come on, sing it out.”
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It is high time that the post civil war mentality I was taught as a child was stopped and parents held responsible for teaching their children racist attitudes.
Laws against racism that aren’t enforced are the same as NO laws at all! Allowing cops to kill black people when non-lethal weapons COULD have been used?
What, tased Eric Garner? He wasn’t shot; he wasn’t choked to death. He had a heart attack because the position he was in while getting cuffed (full-grown man kneeling on his back) compressed his chest.
Considering his relative health, a taser could have killed him.
Considering how most celebrities today are completely beholden to their corporate owners and can barely muster the bravery to wear a t-shirt in half-assed support of any social causes, I don’t see this one gaining any traction.
If there is a way to make this entire juvenile exercise more juvenile, it would be this. Maybe adding a scooter, too.