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“Black People Need to Stop Being Black” — A Provocative Take on Labels

Name: “Black People Need to Stop Being Black” — A Provocative Take on Labels
Uploaded: 2026-02-22T13:48:33+00:00
Duration: 1 min 56 s
Channel: Antonio Matta
Description: In this monologue, Antonio Matta delivers a forceful, controversial argument that racial labels—specifically the black/white dichotomy—are socially…

22 Feb 2026 · 2 min

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In this monologue, Antonio Matta delivers a forceful, controversial argument that racial labels—specifically the black/white dichotomy—are socially constructed and should be abandoned. He asserts that skin color does not define humanity, describing race as a “delusional, dysfunctional, degenerative, disordered mentality” passed down through generations. Matta frames black and white as merely the presence and absence of color, not moral or societal categories, and calls for people to recognize themselves simply as humans, rejecting the notion of being "black" or "white." The piece is a polemical appeal to move beyond melanin‑based identity toward a unified human consciousness.

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But bottom line, black people need to stop being black. I said it and I own it. I won't take my words back. White, black, what are we talking about here? It's shameful. It's the 21st century. What a fright that we still don't get that black and white is not right. It has never been, certainly not now, and the future perceptions are a blur. Black and white are the presence of all colors and the absence of color. They are not racist to start, but regardless of that, they certainly shouldn't determine how we relate, communicate with, or define one another. Skin color as a race does not exist. It's time to kick that out of the door. People are humans, a species of the kingdom Animalia, aka Metazoa. Nothing is ever black and white. This dichotomous association and debilitating obsession with melanin, or the lack thereof, is an archetypal example of how lacking our collective consciousness is above in our minds. The delusional, dysfunctional, degenerative, disordered mentality of the times. Generational crap passed down, forced on us through time, but I refuse to make it mine. Race, the way people think of it, is not reality. It's not even listed as the primary definition in the dictionary. A race is a measure of the fastest pace to the finish line. Who makes haste the waste of a triumphant taste that's like a vapor, soon it's gone, which is what this black and white interception of humanistic unity must be. That there is the overshadowed fact, which I repeat, is that black people need to stop being black