The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Racial Insensitivity is Taught

*I was talking to someone the other day when I found out she lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. During the conversation I asked if she lived in Colorado Springs during the time Ron Stallworth became the first African-American detective at CSPD and whose police work was the subject of the movie Blackkklansman.

You probably remember the award winning movie was directed by Spike Lee. He obtained the rights to Stallworth’s book and made it into an award-winning movie because it was Stallworth who infiltrated the KuKluxKlan white supremacist group and was instrumental in dismantling some of its national and state level power structure in Colorado.

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I was surprised to learn this lady, who is Asian and African-American, had no clue who Ron Stallworth is. And when I asked if she saw the movie, Blackkklansman, she said purposely she did not see it because she tries to stay away from anything with negative messages. She based her opinion of the movie’s message off the title and didn’t bother to inquire any further about the storyline. 

I explained to her what the movie was about and that – although she would have to prepare herself for parts of the movie that would make her mad or sad – the movie’s message was worth getting through those parts. She promised me she would watch it.

Source: The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Racial Insensitivity is Taught