Jack Harlow exists because they integrated the schools

Jack Harlow exists because they integrated the schools. If you are a Jack Harlow hater, you are not going to like what I have to say. Jack Harlow is what happens when you integrate the schools. I live in Los Angeles, but I am from Louisville, Kentucky, which, yes, is Jack's hometown. And there are a couple key things you should know about Louisville, Kentucky. First, bourbon. Second, horse racing. Third, racial segregation. It's actually a very interesting place, both geographically and culturally, because while it's not that geographically southern, it is very culturally southern, partly because the Ohio River was how they moved slaves around, and Louisville is on the Ohio River. Louisville remains one of the most segregated cities in America, and it has weathered untold scandals related to that. Don't get me started on LMPD. Breonna Taylor was, of course, from Louisville. But Louisville also has one of the most integrated school systems of anywhere in the country. So Jefferson County school system, JCPS, is pretty infamous for this. There were desegregation laws that were passed by the federal government in 1975. Hear me: '75, 51 years ago, there were laws passed by Louisville city government that required black students from the West End to be bused to white schools in the East End. And here's the kicker: white students from the East End to be bused to black schools in the West End. Well, surprise, surprise, after literally decades of effort by the white populations of the East End, a lot of those schools in the West End closed. And the white children no longer went all the way to the West End, instead they landed in the Highlands. That is where Atherton High School is. That is where Jack Harlow went to high school. Bussed in from the East End with a bunch of black kids from the West End, which, incidentally, is also where I was bussed in from, because I lived in Old Louisville, and if you know, you know. Now, I didn't go to high school in Louisville, but a lot of my friends went to Atherton with Jack Harlow. And they will tell you, like anyone will tell you, that Jack Harlow is about as authentic a white rapper as ever there was. But if there's one thing you can give that boy, he is self-aware and always has been. And you don't have to be happy about this, I'm not happy about this, but he is hilarious. He does these 10 questions every now and then, and it's genuinely a treat every time. Why you lowkey remind me of one of dem boys who talks/acts black on insta, to which Jack replies, Watch your fucking mouth I don't only do it on insta. There are so many uncomfortable racial moments with Jack Harlow. I think back to the last forecast in which his one man show was accompanied by a big black man who he brought on stage, who jumped around and acted insane and like, ripped off his own shirt because he was so hype about Jack Harlow's music. Okay. There was also the Derby he attended in which there are photos and videos of him being carried across the muddy track by black men so he didn't get his overpriced shoes dirty. The people who hate me the most look just like me. You tell me what that means. It's completely true. A lot of Jack's biggest supporters have been his black friends from school and black communities who celebrate him and appreciate his music and appreciate his effort and appreciate his swag and appreciate the fact that he is a white boy who loves black music and black culture. He is what happens when you integrate the schools. And a more interesting question than is Jack Harlow appropriating black culture? would be, have there been any black men who have benefited from their proximity to whiteness at the same caliber that Jack Harlow has benefited from his proximity to blackness? I ask you that, and I will wait for your answer, because I bet the, well, I don't know.