Killer Mike and Colin Kaepernick are two very different members of society. They have two very different backgrounds, yet both have felt the sting of racial tension. They have two different audiences and approaches, yet both are for the same cause. Although Killer Mike and Colin Kaepernick are almost completely opposite members of society, they both stand up for the same objective: racial equality.
Killer Mike is a gangsta, or at least that’s what he says. Carrying around a “blade and a firearm” and at least a pound of weed with him at all times, he is not what many people look up to as a figure of societal change. As a black, somewhat heavy set man, his life while he was growing up had been somewhat difficult. Although his father was a cop …show more content…
Killer Mike was raised in Atlanta by his police father and florist mother. Although he was raised in a black city, by a black family, he still dealt with the problem of race. Such instance can be seen in his interview called “Rebel Without A Pause”. In this interview Killer Mike and his interviewer are entering a strip club for a music festival he is performing at, when suddenly Killer Mike is stopped by a “brown-haired white woman, who stuck her elbow out to block his path” (Stephen). Even though Killer Mike is at his own performance, he is stopped because of his race. After this interaction, Stephen says that “[He] was stunned. Even here, in Killer Mike’s hometown, among his fans, in a gathering held for the successful and the celebrated, race still mattered” (Stephen). On the opposite side of the spectrum, Kaepernick grew up in a white-household after he was adopted from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although Kaepernick’s family was white, he still grew up dealing with the same problems of race that Killer Mike had. One instance that Kaepernick mentions is how “It didn’t matter how close [he] stood to [his] family, somebody would walk up to [him], a real nervous manager, and say: ‘Excuse me. Is there something I can help you with?’” (Branch). Although having grown up in different places with different families, both have, and still do, deal with others being prejudice towards them because of their
Killer Mike is a gangsta, or at least that’s what he says. Carrying around a “blade and a firearm” and at least a pound of weed with him at all times, he is not what many people look up to as a figure of societal change. As a black, somewhat heavy set man, his life while he was growing up had been somewhat difficult. Although his father was a cop …show more content…
Killer Mike was raised in Atlanta by his police father and florist mother. Although he was raised in a black city, by a black family, he still dealt with the problem of race. Such instance can be seen in his interview called “Rebel Without A Pause”. In this interview Killer Mike and his interviewer are entering a strip club for a music festival he is performing at, when suddenly Killer Mike is stopped by a “brown-haired white woman, who stuck her elbow out to block his path” (Stephen). Even though Killer Mike is at his own performance, he is stopped because of his race. After this interaction, Stephen says that “[He] was stunned. Even here, in Killer Mike’s hometown, among his fans, in a gathering held for the successful and the celebrated, race still mattered” (Stephen). On the opposite side of the spectrum, Kaepernick grew up in a white-household after he was adopted from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although Kaepernick’s family was white, he still grew up dealing with the same problems of race that Killer Mike had. One instance that Kaepernick mentions is how “It didn’t matter how close [he] stood to [his] family, somebody would walk up to [him], a real nervous manager, and say: ‘Excuse me. Is there something I can help you with?’” (Branch). Although having grown up in different places with different families, both have, and still do, deal with others being prejudice towards them because of their