โWeโre filming a music video,โ Margaret King shouted at a crowd of people walking on the Square. โCome be a part of it!โ
That music video was for a song called โColor Blindโ by the King Twins, a group consisting of Margaret and her sister Katherine. These identical twins, who are local authors and musicians, joined with residents and students on the Square on Sunday afternoon to film the video.
More than 100 Oxonians and university students formed a circle in front of the Lafayette County Courthouse in celebration of Oxfordโs diverse community. The King sisters said they believe that Oxford is an inclusive and caring community, so it was the perfect location for the video.

The goal of Sundayโs shoot was to have a diverse group of people holding hands in front of the courthouse and swaying to the beat of โColor Blind,โ a song about what it means to accept people of different races. The twins hope to signify the unity of people with all different identities and backgrounds.
โโColor Blindโ is about respect, one person to another, regardless of skin color,โ Margaret said. โPeople can choose to be kind and thoughtful, and they can choose to be โcolor blind,โ which means seeing someone for who they are and not judging someone based on the color of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation or physical abilities.โ
The inspiration for the song comes from the twinsโ lifelong relationship with their great-grandmotherโs caregiver Josephine Sanders, who was a mentor for the two sisters throughout their childhood.
โShe was our first African American friend in a separate-but-equal society, and we soon realized our society was separate, but not equal,โ Margaret said. โWe saw the inequalities of the times through her eyes.โ
The twins even published a book, โOur Josephine,โ which describes what it meant to the twins to grow up with a close friend who was treated differently than they were.
โWe could never forget what Josephine paid forward to us,โ Margaret said. โ(She taught us) the respect one person could have for another without considering race.โ
โColor Blindโ is the twinsโ first attempt at a nation-wide song, and they said that the tuneโs message applies to more than just the LOU community.
The song was recorded and produced by Nashville-based country singer Trae Edwards, who also filmed the video. Edwards said he saw the songโs potential and immediately fell in love with it.
โWeโre looking at the song as a conversation starter,โ Edwards said. โItโs something to get the ball rolling on โ figuring out why weโre having so much trouble with racism, even today.โ
Edwards said the video shoot was a success.
โItโs hard to get people to come together to support anything these days, so having these people come out and support this cause is a big deal,โ Edwards said. โIt tells its own story. Everyone who was here obviously agreed with the topic, which made today even better.โ
Senior public policy major Jarrius Adams came out to the Square to be a part of the video.
โThe video was much needed,โ Adams said. โIt gave us all an opportunity to interact with people who donโt look like us. Being able to lean on community leaders who have different experiences but share this common belief of unity was amazing.โ
The King twins and Edwards plan to release โColor Blindโ and its music video in a few weeks on most music streaming platforms. Hinting at the songโs potential in their eyes, the twins said they hope it becomes the theme song for either a movie or TV series based on โOur Josephine.โ