Huhut rasistisesta käytöksestä olivat liikaa: The Ghost Inside erotti basistinsa vuonna 2015 tapahtuneen selkkauksen seurauksena
Yhdysvaltalalainen hardcore-yhtye The Ghost Inside on erottanut basistinsa Jim Rileyn rasistisen käytöksen vuoksi. Huhujen mukaan Riley ajautui vuonna 2015 sanaharkkaan bändiä kuljettaneen bussikuskin kanssa ja haukkui häntä rasistisesti. Nyt asian on ottanut esille Bracewarin rumpali Rashod Jackson, minkä seurauksena Riley on erotettu yhtyeestä.
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Jim Rileyn ajatuksia aiheen tiimoilta voit puolestaan lukea tästä:
”Rashod called me out in 2015. I called him, he put the screws to me. I deserved it, and I apologized to him. He told me that wasn’t good enough and he was right. Its shameful and fucking embarrassing. I present myself as someone who gives a shit about progressive movements and ideas, and I was not living up to that.
”Because of that conversation I had to take a big fucking look in the mirror and recognize a lot of bullshit that I was selling myself. I made too many excuses for being brought up without exposure to the black experience, and I should have been better. I make a conscious effort to purge stuff about myself that still sucks when I find it, and to be mindful that I’m just a passenger on someone else’s ship in any movement related to black lives.
”I’m sorry. I know that’s not enough. I’m going to keep doing the work. That might still not be enough. I’m going to do it anyway.”