A video shared to Youtube on Tuesday showed millionaire singer Jill Scott singing her personal rendition of the National Anthem, and while her singing is great, her sentiment is absurd given our current sociology.
Scott, who has an estimated net worth well into the millions, used her opportunity to celebrate the country that allowed her to amass great success and wealth to shame its historical role in the slave trade. She failed to mention that there are considerably more people enslaved in the sex-trafficking trade today than when slavery was actually legal, as noted by Variety.
As an immigrant, it always confuses me when really wealthy, successful and talented people use their gifts to disrespect the places and people that allowed them to accrue their place in our current sociology.