Story highlights Video is the work of Massachusetts rapper Joyner LucasHe's shocked at the reaction(CNN) It opens with a white man in a "Make America Great Again" hat ticking off racist trope after racist trope:How African Americans are lazy, aimless, shiftless. The scene is from rapper Joyner Lucas' music video for "I'm Not Racist," and there's no doubt, it's uncomfortable viewing. There's a reason "I'm Not Racist" is racking up millions of views online. It's driving a conversation about the state of race relations in America. A really, really, really raw conversation, and just how far apart blacks and whites are in how they see things in this country right now.

Source: CNN November 29, 2017 23:26 UTC