Black Talk Show Host Larry Reid Calls for Black Americans to “Go Back to Africa” as Solution to America’s “White People Problem” After Karmelo Anthony Murder Sentence
Talk show host Larry Reid has called for Black Americans to consider a “mass exodus” to Africa after Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to prison for the murder of Austin Metcalf, a case that has become another national flashpoint over violence, crime, justice, and public accountability.
Anthony was convicted of murder after fatally stabbing Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, in 2025. A jury sentenced him to 35 years in prison, rejecting the idea that the killing should be excused or minimized as a tragic misunderstanding.
The case drew national attention because of the circumstances surrounding Metcalf’s death and the ethnocultural arguments that followed. The verdict, for many law-and-order conservatives, represented a rare moment of accountability in a culture too often eager to explain away violent crime when the politics become uncomfortable.
Reid, however, framed the sentence as an injustice and used the case to deliver a sweeping—and deeply misplaced—racial indictment of America. In remarks circulated online, the podcaster argued that Black Americans should begin thinking seriously about leaving the United States and returning to Africa.
“I want you to begin to think about this America and the white people problem that we have,” Reid said. “As a collective, let’s drain this place of its benefits and make our mass exodus and go home and build.”
Reid described Africa as the true home of Black Americans and argued that integration had failed to solve what he sees as the country’s deeper racial problem. His remarks were delivered in the aftermath of Anthony’s sentencing.
“Civil rights did not make white people that are infected with whiteness stop being racist,” Reid said. “They still raised racist children that run this country to this day.”