8-year-old gives insightful response to friend’s experience with racism

WATCH: Young child actors give insight on their experiences with racism

Video Transcript

VIVIEN BLAIR: So I want to know, to those people who have been mean to Black people, what happened to you?

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ISAIAH RUSSELL-BAILEY: Most of my experiences with racism were in school. Like in elementary school, I was already called the N-word a few times.

VIVIEN BLAIR: It's a hard question, because if they're posting "black lives matter" on their Instagram but they're still calling people the N-word, if you know them, I feel like you have to stop them or confront them, because what me and my mom were saying is-- is this phrase called "hurt people hurt people." So I want to know, to those people who have been mean to Black people, what happened to you? I just want to know. What happened to those people calling-- calling Black people the N-word? What happened?

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I want to know. I really do.