Lonnie Chavis, who is known for playing young Randall on 'This is Us,' penned a truly powerful essay about the racism he's faced as a young Black boy in America.
He goes on to talk about being young and Black and trying to make it in Hollywood all while being treated poorly by security at events until he had a publicist there to announce him, and how he was constantly confused with other Black actors.
He also talks about going to a restaurant with his cousins and their parents and being accused by the white woman working the cash register of stealing from her tip jar. It was only after a bystander stepped in and explained that Chavis is a famous actor who doesn’t need a few dollars in tips that the woman believed him.
But where the essay gets truly heartbreaking is when Chavis begins to describe some of his parents’ interactions with police that he’s witnessed. Like when his mom was pulled over near the Paramount lot driving her new BMW, and without asking for license or registration, the cop asked, “Whose car is this?” Or when a cop followed the family home on Chavis’s birthday and arrested his father on their doorstep, claiming he was being detained for a traffic ticket.
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