How do you mentally cope as a black man?

[Wildhundreds]

Usually, making it entails supporting oppressive systems. Usually, it involves inhibiting yourself, putting on an act foreign to who you truly are. On the highest of levels, you have to sell out.

Because surely, you may have made it, but have you really when majority of you the people like you haven’t and never will. What will you tell your children when they see how the world truly is?

These are the facts, interpret them how you will.

Thats facts for your life dude.. And define "made it" for me..

 

[hatealot]

You just struggling to find your way

When you start working, it will re calibrate your life

 

[CopiousX]

Knowing the entire system is against our very existence and we are literally at the bottom of the racialized caste system hierarchy?

How does it feel knowing that most of us won’t make it out of poverty at worst and mediocrity as best, if we weren’t lucky enough to be born or put into position?

How does it feel knowing that even if you manage to make it out, you’ll have to sell apart of yourself and live as a hypocrite in order to maintain whatever economic means you have accumulated?

How does it feel knowing that despite however hard we fight, how much effort we put in, most of us will still come out at the bottom?

Honest reflections only. Don’t come in here, shoftshoe, and try to downplay the existence of systemic racism and the plight of the black man in this world. This is real life, not a fukking fairytale.

Honestly, it’s not affecting me directly 24/7 365. Neither is it really stopping me from moving forward. It just slows you down. It slows you down a lot. Depression is really an issue when you’ve slowed down to a standstill.


Most black people pretty much accept that we must work 10X harder than our non-black counterparts. Once this realization is reached, it just becomes a matter of problem solving. You need to do actionX to get to destination Y. So now you spend your time finding action X to get you there. No emotion to it.


it’s funny how we work so hard, that others can’t even fathom it. I cold approached an Latina milf the other day and she was telling me all these random problems she was having, especially with white people. I couldn’t help but laugh because these were all level1 problems for black people. I broke down the back door solutions for most who her issues and by the end of it she was like, “but how do you learn to move like that? ”


@KingZimbabwe , are you going through a tough time? How’s the job search going?

 

[saturn7]

Take the blinders off. Once you understand that nobody gives a damn about you as a Black men (even some of your own people) and it's up to you to make yourself happy.

Do what you can for YOU. fukk the world, they only love your Black ass when they can get something from you or when you are doing something for them (unpaid body guard, clean up man, singing, dancing, scoring touchdowns, slam dunking etc).

 

[UberEatsDriver]

How do I cope? By living my best life and doing what I love. Also knowing all the codes when it comes to dealing with other blacks vs other minorities vs Cacs vs Jews

 

[Umoja]

But as I clearly stated before. The exception is not the rule. One’s individual limited experience does not quantify the breadth of reality. You only have to look at majority of black public figures to absolve your confirmation bias

Simple question.

How many black people do you know who are sellout.

You say something is an exception to the rule after you have established the rule exist. You stupid fukk.

What is the criteria for a sellout, what are the numbers, and how did you get those numbers.

 

[The Wall Is Undefeated!]

How do you mentally cope as a black man?

1. I have family to chat and interact with.
2. I have a few close friends to chat and interact with.
3. I go to the gym.
4. I make time for life's simple pleasures (reading a book, playing a video game, having a good meal, etc).

Sure, life is tough for a black man. However, even with my depression, I'm not into the whole pity party thing. All I can do is take one step at a time and look back and learn.

 

[KamikazePilot]

I love being a black man 10/10 would do again if given the chance I don’t see myself on the bottom and how I cope is literally being Free Being Free having the choice to do what I want, what my ancestors fought for me to do brings me great joy in life.

I’m not from the hood and I’m not worried about what the next man is doing so I feel no guilt about other black men not succeeding I do what I want and allow others that choice also if someone wants to kill and spend their life in prison so be it I don’t care that much.

 

[benjamin]

I GOT DA GLOCK TO MY HEAD SCREAMING AT MY WIFE..HAAALLPP ME..MY BLACK SKIINNNNSKIN AS DARK AS WHOOPY GOLDBERGS GUMSHAAAALLLLLLPPP

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

i post on thecoli

 

[WakandanPride]

1) I have my friends and family
2) I get money
3) Playing video games

 

[Mowgli]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu\high level of fitness for my age group.

Busting nuts.

Video games.

A wife that cooks cleans and obeys.

Internet banter with people I believe are black.

 

[Neuromancer]

I have a black therapist. I also take solace in knowing that my parents built me to win and fought for me to be here.
I do MMA, write comics and play guitar. Those are my passions.
I take pride in the fact that I have value, skills and intelligence. I remind my brothers that too.

 

[the bossman]

So many options now that were not available to our ancestors.

If you in America there has never been a time like now where there were so many avenues to getting money. With that you gain more leverage to be able to truly live life on your terms.

Family, friends, freedom to move around in spaces where you mostly deal with your own people

I focus on the good and not the bad. Thus there's no way I could stay in a woe is me mindstate

 

[Carlton Banks]

Super Sour Diesel, Music, Exercise