White Canadian Journalist Disguised Himself ‘As a Black Man’ To Uncover Racism In America

Sam Forster is a Canadian journalist with a new book called "Seven Shoulders: Taxonomizing Racism in Modern America." 

On Tuesday, Forster promoted his book on X and explained the process he undertook to learn more about "racism in America." 

"Last summer, I disguised myself as a Black man and traveled throughout the United States to document how racism persists in American society," said Forster.

"Writing Seven Shoulders was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done as a journalist."

Got that?

Forster, one of the whitest men you'll ever see, disguised himself as black during a daring quest to discover racism. He describes the book as "the most important book on American race relations that has ever been written." 

We are amused.

Forster sounds like a virtue-signaling weasel. He tried to pander to the social justice warriors by supposedly uncovering where "racism persists" in America. We say "tried to pander" because the attempt backfired. 

His X post has more than 9,000 reposts/quotes and 12.4 million impressions. Here are some of the more viral responses:

The anti-racists didn't appreciate the ghostly-white man cosplaying black.

#WhenPanderingGoesWrong.

Though perhaps we are the fools. 

Forster was an unknown figure until his viral post, and thus his book was likely heading toward obscurity. But, now, we are intrigued. 

Based on the impressions, we are not alone. 

Now, we maintain the demand for racism in America far outstrips the supply. White supremacy does not exist on a macro level, despite what our leaders and media tell us.

Concepts like DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) exist so that U.S. institutions can legally – and perhaps illegally – promote black people for being black and punish white people for being white.

But maybe the white Canadian guy in blackface will convince us otherwise. Unlikely. Still, we are fascinated to learn how he successfully disguised himself as black to the point that no one noticed.

Perhaps?

Oh, we have to read this one.

Prediction: Sam Forster's new book is going to outsell Jemele Hill's memoir on racism. 

Granted, most books do.