georgescorewell
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It's a system.
There's nothing one individual can do but stay aware. Just see it around you; how blacks are only depicted in a certain type of way on television, and how the president can't even accomplish anything against the system which greatly impacts politics. See the lack of diversity in corporate America. There's more to it than blacks not being qualified. Most blacks don't feel a sense of belonging, so being the carbon copy of a white person in black skin makes one resistant to his/her own self/aspirations in being a success by America's standards. The double consciousness that Du Bois talked about is real. It's like a constant war with two people.
I can't do anything but try and be the best individual that I can.
You know how many black men have died trying to buck the system?
Even Obama knows; that's why he can't get but so vocal.
Every black person has been confronted with this reality; some choose to ignore it and go about their lives, while others have a more difficult time assimilating if they do at all.
There's nothing one individual can do but stay aware. Just see it around you; how blacks are only depicted in a certain type of way on television, and how the president can't even accomplish anything against the system which greatly impacts politics. See the lack of diversity in corporate America. There's more to it than blacks not being qualified. Most blacks don't feel a sense of belonging, so being the carbon copy of a white person in black skin makes one resistant to his/her own self/aspirations in being a success by America's standards. The double consciousness that Du Bois talked about is real. It's like a constant war with two people.
I can't do anything but try and be the best individual that I can.
You know how many black men have died trying to buck the system?
Even Obama knows; that's why he can't get but so vocal.
Every black person has been confronted with this reality; some choose to ignore it and go about their lives, while others have a more difficult time assimilating if they do at all.
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