THE BOUNDRIES OF RACE chapt 1

ITS WEIRD SOMETIMES WHEN I'M IN THE LOCAL BARBERSHOP AND EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT HOW RACISM DOESN'T EXSIST OR THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE PLAY THE RACE CARD WHEN THINGS DON'T GO THEIR WAY. WELL I GOTTA SAY THAT I AGREE WITH BOTH VIEWS. YES TOO MANY PEOPLE PLAY THE RACE CARD WHEN THINGS DON'T GO THEIR WAY BUT AT THE SAME TIME RACISM DOES INDEED STILL EXSIST. IS IT FAIR, HELL NO. WE AS MINORITIES HAVE SEEN IT ALL. YOU'VE BEEN AT THAT CAR DEALERSHIP AND YOU'VE BEEN TURNED DOWN KNOWING DAMN WELL YOU DIDN'T NEED A CO-SIGNER. YOU'VE APPLIED FOR A CREDIT CARD AND BY THE TIME YOU GOT TO USE IT, THERE WAS ABOUT 75 DOLLARS AT YOUR DISPOSAL AFTER THEY HAD A NERVE TO START YOU OFF WITH A CREDIT LIMIT OF ABOUT 300 DOLLARS. AND YES YOU'VE BEEN TO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IN YOUR CITY, AND YOU'VE SEEN NO MINORITIES LIVING IN THESE AREAS AND YOUR FIRST THOUGHT WAS WOW YOU GOTTA BE A DOCTOR OR LAWYER TO LIVE OUT HERE. BUT THE TRUTH IS MOST OF THEM AREN'T. YOU'D BE SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY OF THEM WORK AT THE LOCAL TARGET AND WALMART AND GOT APPROVED FOR HOUSES THAT YOU DIDN'T. IS THIS FAIR. IS THIS NORMAL. DOES THIS EXSIST. WELL IN THE WORLD AND EYES OF A MINORITY IT DOES. AND WE'LL DIG INTO THIS AND FIND OUT WHY.

YOU SEE BEING A MINORITY IS NEVER A BAD THING. BUT YOU CAN LIVE A VERY COMPLICATED LIFE IF YOU DON'T PLAY BY CERTAIN RULES. NOW THESE RULES ARE BUILT FOR YOU TO FAIL. BUT IF YOU PLAY THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY YOU CAN SUCCEED FURTHER THAN YOU EVER DREAMED. YOU CAN LOOK BACK AND SEE WHY SOME INDIVIDUALS GOT CAUGHT UP TRYING TO TAKE SHORTCUTS TO GET THERE, WHILE OTHERS ARRIVED THROUGH HARD WORK AND DANCED INSIDE OF A BOX THAT WAS CLOSED FOR MANY YEARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEDN THE TOP CAME OPEN AND GUESS WHO WAS STANDING ON TOP THEN HMMM. OH HOW THE ROLES HAVE CHANGED. POSITIONS EVEN. YOU SEE SOMETIMES THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS LEARNING HOW TO TAKE A FALL. YOU HAVE TOO, WE ALL HAVE. YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE CUTS AND BRUISES IN ORDER TO BUILD A THICK SKIN BECAUSE YOU ARE A MINORITY. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY TO FAKE THE SHIT, NO MATTER WHO YOU MARRY, OR WHO YOU TRY TO PRETEND TO BE, YOU ARE A MONORITY AND THATS THE FIRST STEP OF CLIMBING THIS LADDER, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO ACCEPT WHO YOU ARE. NEVER BE ASHAMED OF IT. LEARN TO BUILD FROM IT. BEING A MINORITY IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. WE ARE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. STAY WITH ME AS WE LOOK INTO THIS NEXT CHAPTER AND DISCUSS, WHO UNDERSTANDS RACISM AND WHO DOESN'T. YOU MIGHT WANNA FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS FOR THIS RIDE BECAUSE I'M GOING THERE IN CHAPT 2.