A lot of it stems from alternate history and education of black children both at home and in public schools.
A child wonders: why does my life suck?
Well it's not your mom's fault, even though she got knocked up at 15 and dropped out of school and doesn't work and leaves you with Grandparents while she goes out every night.
It's not your dad's fault, even though he ditched your mom, also dropped out of high school, sold drugs to make an easy buck, got pinched and served hard time, can't get a job with his record...
So who is to blame?
Whitey. Slavery. Someone, anyone else. You tell this fairytale to your kid late at night so he doesn't hate you for being a piece of shit, and he buys it because he loves you. If he knew how selfish you were, he might not. But he's not going to hear anything else at our converged schools or in our converged media.
A lot of it stems from alternate history and education of black children both at home and in public schools.
A child wonders: why does my life suck?
Well it's not your mom's fault, even though she got knocked up at 15 and dropped out of school and doesn't work and leaves you with Grandparents while she goes out every night.
It's not your dad's fault, even though he ditched your mom, also dropped out of high school, sold drugs to make an easy buck, got pinched and served hard time, can't get a job with his record...
So who is to blame?
Whitey. Slavery. Someone, anyone else. You tell this fairytale to your kid late at night so he doesn't hate you for being a piece of shit, and he buys it because he loves you. If he knew how selfish you were, he might not. But he's not going to hear anything else at our converged schools or in our converged media.
Truth is a cold hard bitch.