It Makes Sense

" My younger son Cannon, he is eight.
And he now says that he would like to be Black.
I'm not kidding.
He said there's a lot of advantages.
Black is in.
Is this a turning of the tide?"

Larry King has been berated for uttering the above quote.
But it makes sense for an eight year old white kid from an affluent family to think this way.
His Black friends are probably pretty much the same as he.
Same tastes, economic status and experiences.
His favorite music is probably any of the latest songs by a Black artist.
His favorite athlete is probably Black.
His favorite actor is probably Will Smith.
Now the eight year old is seeing a Black POTUS.

It's the same as the results of those studies where young Black children are asked to pick a doll based on color and personality traits.
The good traits are usually associated with the white doll - the bad with the Black.
The images with which the child is inculcated determines their perspective.

To him (Cannon King),
Black is in.