Phil Vischer, the creator of the popular Christian animated series VeggieTales and the voice of the show’s character Bob the Tomato, offered a historical take on systemic racism in America in a new video.
Amid civil unrest over racial injustices in America, Vischer released a 17-minute video titled “Race in America” on his personal YouTube channel and on the Holy Post website in which he breaks down systemic racism.
With the abolition of slavery and the success of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Vischer argues that many may believe that we are living in a post-racial society.
“Heck, we even had a black president,” Vischer adds.
“So why are people still upset? We’re going to go through history and we’re going to look at some data,” the show creator starts.
Showing an image of two houses, he says, “These are two households in America, one is black, the other is white. Today the average black household has 60 percent of the income of the average white household, but only one 10th of the household wealth.”
Vischer went on to note various benefits of having higher household wealth, such as funding schools, launching small businesses, stabilizing loss of income and helping families survive unexpected divorce or unemployment.
“What’s amazing about this number is that there are lots of extremely wealthy African Americans: movie stars, pop stars. … And there are a lot of extremely…
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