Far too many Black Folks under 40 were socialized by a generation that does NOT grasp wealth inequality to build themselves with quirky oddities as the answer to American Blackness and it’s ultimate cost. All of it done as white wealth took off at levels unseen in modern history.
From comic books, to wizard worlds, to financial guruism, casting off Black friends, and casting a new magic that made you not come from American slavery became the millennial identity safe haven.
Crypto was gonna save them from the cost of Black legacy then they realized… It wasn’t.
Hard work ethos they got from the archaic lessons of their greatest generation grandparents and a boomer parent that was the first black judge in whatever county USA was the answer … then it wasnt.
They were all going to be STARS as the individual answer to the conundrum of Blackness and it’s immeasurable cost. But instead became GIG drivers telling themselves stardom was on the horizon AND this real life was not permanent. While moving from UBER to DOOR DASH to AMAZON.
In the end everything was always running. Now the reality sets in that this isn’t about movement. It is about anchoring. Without that rooted truth and a confrontation with the cost of LEGACY lost will be your permanent reality. #ados
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