She doesn't understand that not everybody wants to be an owner, entrepreneur, or 10 figure boss tyc00n. Somebody gotta be the worker bro and a lot of people are good with being the worker. She says she's not disrespecting people but what she's saying boils down to if you work the same job you've failed. You can't
just be the bus driver, you
have to be working towards owning the bus. That's not reality for the vast majority of people.
I think some black people have let the generational wealth conversation warp their brains into thinking anything less is a failure. In reality as long as you've taken care of your kids and put them in a position to go do their own thing you've done your job. People like Ebony don't see it that way. They think leaving your kid 80 rental properties or a business is the ONLY way to set your kids up for success. For all the talk about fighting white supremacy, all this talk about always moving up, not being satisfied working "mediocre"/"average" jobs is right out of the capitalism propaganda handbook and we know capitalism is a main root of white supremacy.
This is 1000% facts.
Even before that, we had the "hustle and grind" "no days off" "no sleep" "paper chase" wave.
Young Black people were running around showing how much they were willing to torture and demean themselves for "success".
For example "Walk to Brooklyn and get me some cheesecake from Juniors. If you wanna be successful, you'll do whatever it takes".
nikka, fukk you. How successful did they turn out to be?
It was the time where nikkas started putting CEO in their social media bio without a) being a CEO or b) knowing wtf a CEO was.
Human nature, economics and sociology all tell you that not everyone can be a captain of industry or even wants to be.
Not only that but if you're paying attention, you know that some of those high earning jobs a) follow you home and b) stress you out.
That's why the companies had to start selling "work/life balance" to prospective employees.
If we're all "CEOs" who's going to clean the toilet, who's gonna sweep the street, who's going to run the cash register?
And if nobody does, there's definitely a problem.
Often, you'll find that some of these blue collar service workers are fukking wizards at what they do.
On some "How did you do that?!?"
shyt
People like Eboni want to equate your title or occupation with your worth as a human being and life doesn't work that way.
It doesn't even work that way monetarily.
Some service workers will be sitting on a bundle of cash and you'd never know it.
I've seen it too many times. Even in my own family.
Like that old breh who was a parking lot attendant and was a millionaire on the low.
AND he didn't want to quit his job because HE LOVED HIS JOB.
cant knock the hustle
