What was great about being black ? Where the blueprint, where the. Where the flavor, where the culture everyone copies can be produced. We walk in a room and raise the temperature We speak on the plane becomes global, we struggling and still shining harder than people with a history. We turn pain into art, return nothing into everything. We're brilliant. Where her powers were a possibility, and honestly being black isn't just great, it's legendary. Shah believe inspire blacks be.

A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history and a legacy that lives on.Illustrated by: Ekua Holmes

Imagine being a black man that loved to continuously professes love for white women. Imagine being a black man that will make disgusting tweets constantly about how much white women are better than black women. Imagine being a black man that was say that instead of have a relationship with a black woman, you rather do off with a dog and a white dog at that. Now, imagine being fatally shot by said white woman that you love so dearly. Imagine being popped just like that. Can you imagine ? Share, believe, inspire blacks be.

I love being black in every universe under any circumstance. I would want to be black. And I don't mean to offend anyone, but we are just superior people. We look better, were built better, We're smarter, we're stronger, any or you can think of. We are. And they hate us because they are now not like us. What other race of people has so many different variations and every single variation is the shit we got. Like people, dark people, brown, people, Carmel people, yellow people, makes people, dark people, chocolatey, choco chocolate, blackie, black, jack, black, and every last one of them are the shit. And although we are given a hard time every day of our lives, we fight our way through that shit. Not only do we fight our way through that shit, we can find something funny in it. We are such unserious people about such serious things. I would never not want to be black. I just would never not want to be blacks. Fucking amazing. Share, Believe, inspire blacks be.

Black is not a problem for a black person. Being black is a problem for the community that doesn't understand that you are a human being. It was not a problem for me. I had to deal with other people who had problems with it. I'm still dealing with that, but a black person doesn't have a problem. Share, Believe, inspire blacks be.

Imagine being a black man in the seventeen hundreds born free while slavery still ruled America. No formal education, no fancy training, just raw genius. That was Benjamin Banneker, a self - taught mathematician, astronomer, and inventor who shook history as a child. Banneker was obsessed with patterns, numbers, and the stars by two, any two. He built a fully functional wooden clock without ever seeing one in person. But he didn't stop there. He predicted solar eclipses, wrote detailed almanacs, and even helped design Washington, DC. Banneker wasn't just about science, he was about justice. He boldly wrote to Thomas Jefferson, challenging him on slavery, demanding equality for black Americans. Jefferson actually wrote back, shocked by bankers intellect, A self - made black scientist in the seventeen hundreds, defying all odds. That's history. They don't teach enough. So why isn't Benjamin Banneker a household name ? Share, believe, inspire blacks, be.

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