But work is fukking terrible, I constantly feel "other", and there's a constant assault on the mental being the only black person in the office. It's a tenuous balance between staying on mission and being in a position to put others on / build something vs. protecting my own mental health. shyt like this is always a good reminder in terms of sucking things up for now and thinking long term.
Finally dating a black woman (half black at least) who will have my kids be black. She's woke - they're bullshytting her at work too though.
Living in expensive ass CA and money could go much further in a state like TX or down south, but then I have to think about my kids being raised around and educated by the absolute worst types of CACs.
Anyway - we're all fighting the same war, just in different theaters, so we have to stop tearing each other down. Black men who aren't making money GO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS but have a plan.
My boy is living with his parents but getting kicked out because he refuses to start realistically entertaining job opportunities. Has a masters, about ~$200k in debt, and is working near minimum wage holding out for a job that pays six figures. Tried to tell them the game's not set up that way, but haven't been able to get through to him. A few years ago, he had a ~$30K come up from a workplace safety incident. Lived in Atlanta at the time - could've done any number of things with the money but blew it flossing and chasing loose women
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