“A little over a year ago I was in bondage. And now I’m back out here, reaping the blessings, and getting the benefits that go along with it. Everything that’s out here for kings like us. The reason why we like this—this jewelry and this diamonds and stuff—they don’t understand, it’s because we really from Africa. And that’s where all this stuff come from. And we originated from kings, you know what I’m saying? So don’t look down on the youngsters because they wanna have shiny things. It’s in our genes, know what I’m saying? We just don’t all know our history, so
Funny cause even when a black man has a white friend or partner that does everything complained about here, they will still keep that individual in their lives
This is a good visual representation of what I was trying to convey here, in an earlier post. To be Black is to constantly be doing mental gymnastics and risk assessment calculations, to be certain that we aren’t “misunderstood” or seen as “suspicious” or “threatening” by some white person who doesn’t personally know us. We reflexively do these calculations almost every moment of the day in public around white people,
and most white people are completely oblivious to the dangers we face, and the dangers that their racial biases and ingrained stereotypes create for Black people. Especially darker skinned Black people.
