Are You Black Pilled?

Gina Bontempo asked this question on Twitter: “Are you black pilled about the future?” While I cannot be certain what the black is, I have a good guess. 

I started my political career on YouTube under Red Pill Black. What the name meant to me was, I was going to be a red pill for black America. The red pill is a cultural reference to “The Matrix” when Morpheus tells Neo he can take the red pill and see “how deep the rabbit hole goes.” In other words, if you take the red pill, you will understand the reality you thought was reality is not really reality at all. It is a reality that has been created for you. So, I wanted to unveil this reality. For me, taking the red pill was an astonishingly hopeful and optimistic experience. I had woken up to all the lies of my childhood, the lies of the education system, and the lies the media had spun throughout my life as a black person. I was hopeful because I felt like my life was finally able to begin. I was convinced that if everyone could see how the system works — how the system really works — we could become freer. Even more, if everyone in the world could see, we could become a freer humanity.