In the wake of the past week's events, I've reflected on my interactions with the police. How could my white friends from suburbia ever understand that? What those friends definitely didn't know is that I carried the knife because I was afraid I might get jumped making my daily walk from the train station to my house late most evenings. It quickly became a running joke among my core group of friends - whenever someone would say something out of pocket or stupid, we'd say, "Get the knife," and I'd comedically lay it on the table. I started carrying a knife during my junior year of high school. And I remember being too embarrassed to tell any of my friends about what occurred that morning, thinking it would change for the worse the way they thought about me or where I came from every day. The point is, though, we still had to go to school that day. I jumped on his back to stop him until my brother caught up, at which point Raj chewed him out and we took our stuff back - both too young and inexperienced in the ways of the streets to know we probably should have beat him up. He took my phone." My brother and I, both barefoot, sprinted up our street and two others until we caught the culprit. I followed my brother to find my mom standing at her car, visibly shaken, telling us, "He's running up the street. In our 150-year-old home, every quick step down the stairs resembled a drumbeat. One morning, while getting ready for school, I heard my mother scream outside, followed by my brother sprinting down our stairs. I also realized that the token black friend is not spared the realities facing a black kid from the hood.
It reveals how a black kid speaking properly is surprising, and further, how it makes me appear worthy of sharing the person's company. However, the frequency with which I've received that comment tells otherwise. Standing alone, each instance may seem insignificant or merely a compliment to my upbringing and education. Or the number of times I've heard "you are so articulate" in a conversation where all I've shared is my name and other small personal details. I think of how quickly others in school assumed I had a single mother, simply because my father, much like many of theirs, didn't visit school often. So many of my experiences growing up speak to implicit biases against black people. The anger on display over the past week should exhibit the need for change. We should all be reasonably patient with one another, but I would encourage individuals to not be patient with themselves and to treat these issues with the urgency they deserve. When trying to find a new voice actor for Tolkien during production of "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000," Parker said he recruited Beard "because he was the only black guy we had in our building at the time.The length of my journey makes me inclined to be more patient with others in this process, as it's taken me this much time to wake up. Tolkien is now voiced by South Park art director and co-producer Adrien Beard. In " Cartman's Silly Hate Crime" Trey Parker and Matt Stone had originally taken turns providing their voices for the few lines Tolkien had as a minor character. Tolkien and his parents are said to be the wealthiest family in South Park his father (Steve) is a financial consultant and his mother Marie is a chemist.Įpisodes in which he plays a major role often address ethnicity-related topics. His name comes from the author of The Lord of The Rings books J. Originally known as Tolkien Williams, he is the only minority (aside from Kevin) in the main characters' class and with the loss of Chef he and his family are the only African Americans in South Park. He is one of the smarter boys and a straight-A student. This might explain why the creator's chose to change his surname, and also why some believed his name to be "Token" rather than "Tolkien." (In television and cinema, a "token black" is a black person amongst a crowd of white people to make the show seem diverse, ergo "token black.") His birthday is June 20th. Tolkien Black is a regular member of Craig's Gang and is most notable as being the only black child in South Park (other than Shane Marks and guest characters). 5.2 Friendship/Conflict with Eric Cartman.
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