A 琉璃神社 singer-songwriter wants to close out Black History Month with a creative call to action.

Brent Carmichael is calling for love, diversity and inclusion, by using a song.

鈥淚t鈥檚 one thing to hear someone talking about issues and challenges, but sometimes when it鈥檚 put into an art form, there鈥檚 a little bit more beauty in it and it sinks a little deeper,鈥� he said.

The song explores themes of love and understanding and ways to help future generations avoid past mistakes.

鈥淲e need to recognize each other and be sensitive to one another regardless of what we look like, what we believe in, who we love.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 really just trying to go back to square one. Everyone鈥檚 out there searching for the same feeling of love and inclusion. So why can鈥檛 we give that as best we can to each other? We don鈥檛 have to tear each other down.鈥�

When he says 鈥榙iversity鈥�, he wants it to be all-encompassing and mean race, gender, and sexual orientation. But as someone who is treated differently because of his skin colour, he said race is where his song first lands.

鈥淢y friends and I walk into a restaurant and we get stared at and followed, and people wonder what鈥檚 going on,鈥� he said.

鈥淚 get into an elevator and people are trying to hide their kids and put them to the other side or clutching their purses really tight鈥� these things are really hard to convey in a conversation but there are things that we in the minority have to do to get ready for the day that others don鈥檛 have to arm themselves with.

鈥淚鈥檓 just trying to open (the conversation) because maybe understanding part of the bridge that will bring us together, and then it will extend to sexual orientation.鈥�

Carmichael said when people listen to the song, he hopes people hear what he has to say and find a way to find love and empathy within themselves.

鈥淲henever they step out into the world, I just hope they take more of an empathetic view and think 鈥榟ey, maybe I can change the way I interact with others. Maybe I don鈥檛 have to show fear because somebody looks different than me鈥�,鈥� he said.

鈥淎s a Black man delivering this message, I want people to understand I鈥檓 not the victim of the things I鈥檝e been through, but I want to help make things better.鈥�

The song and music video, titled Black, will be available on Feb. 28 on Carmichael鈥檚 .

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