Charlize Theron Has Contemplated Leaving the U.S for the Sake of Her Black Children
In a recent interview with Elle actress, Charlize Theron got candid regarding her feelings around the racial climate in America right now and how it impacts her as the mother of two black children.
Her two children (Jackson, 6, and August, 2), whom she adopted and, awesomely, co-parents with her mother, have influenced the way she has responded to politics, especially the recent Trump era: “I don’t even know how to talk about the last year under our new administration. But racism is much more alive and well than people thought […] We can’t deny it anymore. We have to be vocal.”
Now, to be fair, for a lot of minorities, the knowledge that racism was alive and well was not a revelation. The election of Trump and the rise of the alt-right that has come with it has really put white liberals on their toes. Privilege is being able to navigate spaces while being aware of racism, but also assuming that things are better and denying the injustices that are happening right now. Like many, Theron has had her eyes opened, and the fact that her children have the same skin color as those being killed by police officers cannot be lost on her.
Now, to be fair, for a lot of minorities, the knowledge that racism was alive and well was not a revelation. The election of Trump and the rise of the alt-right that has come with it has really put white liberals on their toes. Privilege is being able to navigate spaces while being aware of racism, but also assuming that things are better and denying the injustices that are happening right now. Like many, Theron has had her eyes opened, and the fact that her children have the same skin color as those being killed by police officers cannot be lost on her.
