David Banner’s comments are a reminder as to why Florida’s Emancipation Day matters

A group of women and a man, presumably enslaved, sit on the steps of the Florida Club, St. Augustine, mid-19th Century. A white woman, possibly a manager or overseer, stands behind them to the left and a child sits on the newel post. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Hulton Archive Getty Images
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By Raisa Habersham

In a recent appearance on Cam Newton’s podcast, rapper David Banner said “integration is the worst thing that has happened to Black people” and said that Martin Luther King Jr. likely regretted advocating for integration. Banner, whose real name is Lavell William Crump, explained his reasoning, saying Black people no longer have the option of what they teach their children and, in schools, have little autonomy over how they wear their hair.

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