12-year-old actor pens powerful essay on experience with racism: 'This is what the world looks like to me.' (via CNBCMakeIt)
He notes the lack of Black actors on Hollywood sets and remembers being "treated very poorly by security or entrance checkers" at industry events, "like I wasn't supposed to be there, until I had a publicist to announce me." He was asked frequently if he was the actor from "Black-ish" or "Stranger Things."
"I guess we all look alike since we are all Black," he continues. "Can you imagine being confused for any other Black kid just because you all share the same profession? I can." Chavis also shared an experience he had on set. In one scene, he began crying when a racist grandmother was cruel to his character. He was told he didn't have to cry for the scene, but he writes, "I was crying for me. Can you imagine having to explain to a room full of white people why I couldn't hold back my real tears while experiencing the pain of racism? I can."
As he's grown up, things have not gotten easier. He recalls being racially profiled at a San Diego restaurant, accused of trying to steal tips from a cup. He was on hand when his mother was pulled over in their new car and a police officer asked her, "whose car is this?" He says he also witnessed an officer twisting his father's arm behind his back at his family's front door.
"I thought my parents were for sure going to die going up against the police," he writes. "By the grace of God, they are both still with me, and that racially motivated harassment against my father was dismissed. Can you imagine holding on to your three little brothers while thinking that you are all going to be orphans? I can."about being bullied for having a gap in his teeth.
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