Racial issues in America strike a familiar chord for actress and filmmaker Asta Leigh.

Growing up in South Africa, she remembers what apartheid looked like and wants to remind everyone – no matter what their color.

In her new spoken word video, “White Out,” Asta is posing some serious vragen about racism to her fellow white people. Recently released on YouTube, she delivers a raw and real plea to humanity to learn from our past and treat everyone as equals.

Asta’s past started with her first 12 years in Cape Town, South Africa before her family moved to Durban. At 19, she left for...