Hello. I am 23 still learning and growing in consciousness.

So I would love to g
et your opinion.
I loved your video, I don't ascribe to any group ideologies but I find myself ma
king some of these mistakes.
You referenced having an antiquated platform. For me it is trying to share a kno
wledge and history that I am just independently coming to (I was raised by a ver
y conscious family). It is hard to have the conversation when I feel like some o
f the issues are systemic and we as people don't know the root. But it often get
s stuck there, in explaining and going over history.
I don't believe being a "victim" means giving up. I believe it means fighting ha
rder. I think we are victimized and allow ourselves to be victims. Any power str
ucture like ours will exploit it's weak and poor.
Where live there is an extremely high level of social segregation. Blacks own al
most no businesses. I have been clearly unwelcome in more than a few.
I work with the kids here and see their broken homes, low self esteem and want t
o hep. But I know the feeling of resentment that can come with learning this. It
feels like you have been cheated out of something important your whole life.
(to give context I live in small town TX, not a metropolis of diversity, I'm fro
m one so I have seen two sides).
They have no sense of self, not as black people but as people in general. I hear
most of them express a general hopelessness that I remember very well.
What about works like Michelle Alexanders Post traumatic slave syndrome, or epig
enetic support for it.? I think that we have some deeply ingrained habits from o
ur long history.
Do you think you can financially hustle and be upstanding?
First time I have ever heard the words ghettocentric materialism. Even though I
am not very materialistic in terms of Jordans and Timberland's, I find it hard t
o not sek the instant gratification. Wealth feels fleeting. I realize it's a cat
ch 22, but I am telling you how it feels in my 2o'sa