Mediocrity: Are you the SHIT...in the SHIT BOWL?

A few years ago, my younger cousin (he was 17 at the time) and I had a conversation and he explained to me how he was "the shit"; he's a black man with a job, a bank account, no kids, no felonies, he's handsome, etc.

I asked him who he was comparing himself to...as you may have guessed, his friends who had records, kids, drop outs, etc.

I explained to him that he had a false sense of motion because he's measuring his movement next to those are are standing still, therefore, he appears to be moving more than he is.

During that time...I was a senior in college and also noticed the young black males also shared this perspective so I was excited when my mentor suggested Rowe research the topic and conduct a fee interviews.

I asked the yucky kings if they take advantage if the disproportion of black female to make students I believe it was 3:1 - and the wholeheartedly admitted they did! In fact, they felt the young women had to be stellar; work, have their own money, body and face had to be a 10, top students, etc.. Yet. When I asked them about their own performance - these couplings were not going to be even yoked at all.

My Aunty broke it down his way: yes...you are the SHIT but only in the SHIT BOWL.

It seems we've accepted, as truth, that there aren't any quality Black men...now women have to look like models, dance like strippers, be CEOs, and work twice as hard for half a man.