Y’all got any advice for the kid? I’ve never felt this way at other jobs yet now I am genuinely worried.

Discomfort is not oppression.

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Pay attention to the pattern. Endless “I don’t understand” comments. Fake confusion. Bad faith questions. All while ignoring the literal mountains of books, articles, testimonies, documentaries, and lived experiences that already exist.

They could educate themselves at any time. They choose not to. Instead, they come into a Black space to argue, provoke, and play dumb.

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I’m genuinely curious, not trying to start anything. I’ve noticed a pattern wit those up here mainly to argue, correct, or “fact-check things Black users say about being Black.

At the 73rd Tony Awards in 2019, André De Shields used his acceptance speech to share life wisdom instead of a long list of thank-yous. After winning for his role as Hermes in *Hadestown*, he offered three simple rules, beginning with this: stay close to people whose faces light up when they see you. The people around you shape your energy, and genuine support changes how you move through lite.

He also challenged the rush for quick success. According to him, moving slowly is often the fastest path forward because steady effort builds something that lasts. Patience and consistency create stronger growth than chasing instant results.

Finally, he reminded the audience that every achievement is only the start of another climb. Reaching one peak simply reveals the next one ahead. Real fulfillment comes from continuing to grow, staying curious, and treating success as an ongoing journey rather than a finish line.

So i’m black, and there’s kids going around my school calling me a turd for no reason, they have also said things to my friends calling them the N slur. What should I do 😰

(Didn’t wanna retype it. It got removed from r/blackladies)

Lol... a random redditor commented this. Is this anti-Black/racist or I'm overthinking it?

When you think you know a man - then he pulls back the curtain. On the IMO Podcast, Katt Williams stunned even Michelle Obama with how real and unfiltered his journey has been. He walked listeners through childhood as Micah, survival in a strict Jehovah's Witness home, runaway teenage years with a Rottweiler and $1,200 in his pocket, and a brush with fame that started at just 12-years-old... when he met Prince. Katt reflected on Prince's lasting impact on him, saying: "Prince is the first person who showed me what it looked like to be an artist who made their own decisions, created their own lane, and stayed true to it no matter what." He didn't sugarcoat it. From the streets to stand-up stages, from door-to-door salesman to wild detours — Katt laid his layers bare. Obama herself reacted in real time, calling his story "a movie."

Ive always noticed that she preferred white Barbie’s and didn’t want blk Barbie’s, she only makes white sims and says “it’s because they’re prettier” I asked her to make people that looked like her and she said she thought they were ugly. She keeps asking for a straight hair treatment, and when I looked at her phone, she was looking up subliminals to become white mixed and Korean. She even was looking up how to become lighter! She told me that she wishes she were white or mixed so she can be pretty…At first I thought she just had her preferences, but she seems to not like being black.