The Blowfish Just Got on the Plane While Hootie Was Stopped and Searched.
WHY?
“We’re at that point in our history and in our lives where you’ve got to say something, you can’t just stay on the sidelines anymore”
— Darius Rucker (aka: Hootie).
In the February 17, 2000 article “Rich, Famous, But Not Equal” Darius Rucker of Hootie & The Blowfish fame, spoke about the racial problem in America and also his experience around the world as a Black musician traveling with a band of all white musicians. Although portions of this interview took place nearly a quarter century ago, Darius Rucker’s comments are just as relevant and piercing today as they were then. For instance, in that February 2000 interview, Rucker proclaims:
The funny thing is that people think a lot of Americans don’t think this is true but I experience racism almost every day.
That pesky Racial Hierarchy thing. It just won’t go away. It doesn’t matter if you’re rich and famous or poor and unknown. It’s always the silent router in the room through which all perceptions are channeled. Its presence is in us all and we must learn to recognize it lest we fall into a pit of depraved human indifference. Here’s more from this rich successful Black man who has traveled the world over:
I just want to say I grew…
