In an interview on Big Boy’s Neighborhood, Jaden Smith discussed his opinion on the correlations between the infrastructures of public schools and prisons. He says some things are just too similar to not acknowledge that maybe schools prepare black youth for the time society thinks they will inevitably spend in prison.
Jaden and his sister Willow have been homeschooled their entire lives, giving Jaden this outsider-looking-in point of view. Now with his heightened platform separate from his star-studded family, it’s refreshing to see Jaden use it to express thoughts and ideas that many of us aren’t talking about.
Hit the flip to watch a clip of the interview. It might make you think twice.