The key to being a successful black person is simple: quit identifying with being black. Do you think any white person identifies with being white? No. Identify with being a writer, or being a programmer or whatever it is you do.
Race and gender are the lowest and most basic forms of identification. Building an identity around either of those two will leave you hollow and small. Define yourself by much greater terms.
What hope do I have as a black person in this world
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The key to being a successful black person is simple: quit identifying with being black. Do you think any white person identifies with being white? No. Identify with being a writer, or being a programmer or whatever it is you do.
Race and gender are the lowest and most basic forms of identification. Building an identity around either of those two will leave you hollow and small. Define yourself by much greater terms.
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This is the smartest thing I've ever read on this website.
Well fucking said.
Everyone should take this on board
Exactly.