Orville Davis: Why I Hate Being a Black Man (November 2013)

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4. I'm African American and I don't share his feelings at all. I'm proud of my people having . . .

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survived horrendous treatment in this country, and in many, many many instances having prospered.

You have to learn to work around and in some cases, outsmart the racists.

A prime example, among hundred of thousands of others, is our president.

If I had the opportunity to speak to him I'd tell him first to hold his head up. Then I'd tell him our strength allowed us to survive centuries here where others couldn't. We've excelled in every area where we've had fair and equal access. You have to work harder than others to succeed but our history should tell you we can do hard work — from dawn to dusk, or can to cain't if you prefer, for centuries during enslavement, and uncompensated at that (we'll discuss unpaid reparations later). The melanin in our skin, that you seem so ashamed of, be proud of it as it protects us better from harsh sun and makes our women look 20 years younger than they are with that smooth brown glow. Black don't crack, you know.

Again, hold your head up, man. Forget what you think haters think of you. Be confident of your own ability to make your way through a sometimes hostile world of racism. God gave you a brain. Use it. And remember this, all whites are not your enemies. Some are allies. Now get on with it.