Tyler Perry Slams Erasure Of Black History In Politically Charged BET Speech
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The media mogul criticized the divisive state of the country as he urged Black people to "keep making footprints."
Tyler Perry wasted no time tearing into Trump’s administration and the divisive state of America during the BET Awards Monday night.
After sharing a brief story about his son, the billionaire media mogul launched into an impassioned State of the Union-esque address to condemn what has been happening in the country as of late — specifically with the erasure of Black history.
“I want you to pay attention to— don’t miss this,” he began onstage. “They are removing our books from libraries. They are removing our stories and our history. They are removing our names from government buildings as if someone wants to erase our footprints.”
“Because what we need to understand is that if our children don’t know our history, they won’t know our power,” Perry added.
The filmmaker pointed his message to Black viewers, telling them, “The truth of the matter [is], it’s impossible to erase our footprints, because we left them on water. What I mean by that is, we were snatched from our homeland, bought across the ocean and left footprints all the way to America.”
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