Review: Am I Racist? (Spoilers)

A little while ago, I did a review of Matt Walsh’s What is a Woman? in preparation for Am I Racist? to finally come to streaming on Dailywire+. Unfortunately, after writing that post and finally watching that movie, though I fully intended to write a review for it, it somehow got shoved to the backburner of topics to write about. However, maybe that was a good thing. After all, all my book reviews for this month will be dealing with race as I play the game of “Ban or Unban” asking the question of if banning classic books from school because of racism was necessary. So, let’s figure out what it means to be an anti-racist white person (if that’s at all possible) and learn to stretch out of our whiteness with certified DEI expert, Matt Walsh.

#1: Am I Racist? as a Documentary

As a documentary, this film is really good, shedding light on the ridiculousness of DEI while still managing to tell a story. Matt barely has to do anything except act like a bumbling student of DEI. All he has to do is ask a few questions and sit there as the proponents of DEI get caught up in their own fallacies. For example, one of the fallacies that is constantly brought up throughout the film is that as a white person (from henceforth, say white with a ridiculous amount of phlegm), you are innately evil because of what your evil white ancestors did to non-white minority groups, and you must repent of your evil whiteness. However, in doing so and saying you aren’t racist, because of your whiteness, you are being even more racist and must repent of that as well, adding onto the layers of racism, anti-racism, and even more racism. This shows how ridiculous of a cycle the DEI and CRT belief system is because it’s pretty much an ongoing cycle of stupidity.

Another thing this movie does really well as a documentary is showing how much of a grift the DEI/CRT industry really is, recording the price of every class that Matt Walsh attends as he embarks on his anti-racist journey. The fees for attending classes and meet ups with people like Robin DiAngelo range anywhere from several hundred to tens of thousands of dollars.

What do these people have to say that’s worth that much money?

Nothing much. Just that you’re an evil white bigot and you need be conscientious of how much you smile at black people (I’m not kidding; that was in the movie).

It also does a good job of showing how little real-life people care about race, especially in the once racist South. As Matt Walsh walks around on the streets flashing his DEI credentials and talks to people about their anti-racist journeys, the people often walk away either totally confused or thinking that he’s the actual racist as he puts so much emphasis on the color of other people’s skin, showing how racist DEI/CRT actually is.

#2: Am I Racist? as a Comedy

Though Am I Racist? was obviously written and advertised as a documentary/comedy and certainly made a lot at the box office, being the highest grossing documentary film of 2024, What is a Woman? was unintentionally funnier than Am I Racist?

Did it have some funny scenes? Yes, but some of them felt overacted. For example, Matt Walsh’s performance during the first anti-racist meeting he attended felt like he was trying too hard, which made it less funny and more cringe, to some extent. The scenes where people were just candidly reacting to what DEI/CRT teaches were much funnier.

However, that’s not to say that the entire movie is unfunny. The scene where Matt gets Robin DiAngelo to very awkwardly pay his producer, Ben, $35 in reparations and the part of his class where he hands out whips for self-flagellation in repentance for his class’s white guilt were hilarious and perfectly played. Furthermore, when he instructs the two women interviewing him how to “stretch out of their whiteness” and it shows them taking it seriously has become a something that’s commonly quoted in my house.

#3: What Do We Do Now?

From watching Am I Racist? there seems to have been somewhat of a cultural shift as people quickly realize how ridiculous CRT and DEI actually are. The movie points out how racist they are as they promote hiring and giving special treatment to certain groups of people because of their oppressed/minority status instead of their personal merit and doing the opposite of that for the people who happen to be white. DEI/CRT fundamentally goes against common sense and the teachings of civil rights activists like Martin Luther King Jr. who taught us to judge based on merit, not skin color.

So what do we do now? How do we truly become anti-racist?

The solution is simple. Do what people like Martin Luther King Jr. taught and don’t judge people because they’re a minority. Treat them the same as you would any other human being and you’ll get along fine. No reparations, classes, or self-flagellation for your “white guilt” needed. That’s how you truly be an anti-racist.

Until next time,

M.J.