Child of Prophecy

Two different people
By Sungii

Sungii: Do you believe that racism is still a problem today?
Naruto: How would I know, there really is only one race I've known my entire life.
Sungii: How stupid of me to ask, I forgot that my dearest friend has not seen what the rest of the world is like.
Naruto: That is true but you can still tell me about it. I could be helpful!
Sungii: In what way? Someone who has only seen one skin shade and heard only one language couldn't possible help me with my thoughts on racism.
Naruto: ...
Sungii: Sorry if I offended you.
Naruto: The one person you could probably share all your thoughts with and you decide to write me off. Wow!
Sungii: Hey! I apologized! Anyways, I was reading "Brooklyn" by Aaron McGruder in my Remix book. To be quite honest, the comic itself is pretty hilarious and maybe a bit offensive to a race, but there is some underlying truth behind what he is saying.
Naruto: Want to tell me more about it. Still isn't clear.
Sungii: Well in the comic it seems that these two kids - Huey and Riley - who have moved from Brooklyn to a new suburban home in Woodcrest; which is predominantly inhabited by Caucasians. It's very foreign and strange to them at first because they've never been around this many Caucasians before and neither are they use to this new lifestyle: Riley said, "We've been walking for ten minutes and haven't passed ONE subway stop, ball court, Chinese carry out place or rib shack." Clearly the setting is different and at first they both seemed to be a bit taken back.
Naruto: Isn't that the same for anyone who has moved from one place to the other?
Sungii: Well I don't think that is the interesting part.
Naruto: Oh, well continue then.
Sungii: So they also meet this girl named Jasmine who is really half black. When Huey questions her about her ethnicity she immediately starts to list off the other mixed races which she's a descendant from other than her African race. She moves along her list until she finally hits the country of Haiti. Huey by this time was already agitated by her reply and said. "which makes you as black as Richard Roundtree in Shaft in Africa".
Naruto: Seems as if she is a bit ashamed of her 'black' race.
Sungii: She is very ashamed! Because even at the end when he tells her that, she still refused it.
Naruto: I guess for me that would be like being ashamed of your home.
Sungii: Yeah that is exactly it! Maybe I'm being a bit over exaggerative on the entire issue because these issues have existed for a long time. I just think that it's quite alarming to see this portrayed in a cartoon.
Naruto: That is pretty alarming... I guess. I still don't completely understand it all though.
Sungii: I don't think most people understand it well, but there is one thing that you'd understand and find interesting!
Naruto: In the comic there is the girl Jasmine and the two boys Huey and Riley. So far Jasmine seems to be ashamed of her black culture. Then there is Riley who's extremely proud and loves everything about black culture. Finally, there is Huey who seems to be a prophet of his own. He wants to be able to see things from somewhat of an omniscient point of view. He's more of a fixed point in the comic where people can try to correlate the two other characters; Jasmine and Riley. But for the two opposites or better said, on the two ends of the road, Jasmine and Riley are somewhat illustrations of the types of people in our world who see others in very different ways.
Naruto: I don't think I've ever been so lost. Did I ever tell you that you think of the weirdest things sometimes. This being one of them!
Sungii: Well that would make two of us! I know you understand what I'm telling you and I know that you do see something alarming in those comics. I'll give you more solid thoughts about this after I read and watch more of the Boondocks.