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Racism & Inequality Wasn’t Taught In My Black Household. Thank Goodness!
Everyone has obstacles, no matter what they look like. So there’s no point in complaining about them, and especially giving up on your endeavors just because these setbacks surface at some point in your life.
Growing up, one of the best things my parents did for my brother and I was teach us to never be victims. Fear-mongering didn’t exist in our household. If we encountered a problem there was always a solution. If we wanted to strive for greatness we had every right to do so. While both of my parents are well-versed in history and we were taught about slavery and other institutions there was no discussion about our skin color being a wall blocking us from anything we wanted in this present day.
My guess is that because they both migrated to America from the Caribbean and cultivated a successful life for themselves and their children, considering the cultural and slight language barriers (patois is a dialect of English but the accent can be difficult to understand), they viewed any obstacles that black people had to face as just that: a damn obstacle. Everyone has obstacles, no matter what they look like. So there’s no point in complaining about them, and especially giving up on your endeavors just because these setbacks surface at some point in your life.
