Its like when people bring up black on black crime as if its only unique to black folks
When in reality violence is common in all communities & nations regardless of race.

As many have pointed out, respecting or disrespecting yourself has nothing to do with racism
That’s what makes it racism in the first place – that you’re being treated one way regardless of how you actually behave.

The notion that blacks need to love & respect themselves isnt unique to the black experience either
All people need to love & respect themselves, blacks arent the only ones dealing with some form of self-hate

I say all of this because too many blacks buy into these cliched narratives which are true,
but they mislead you to believe that the problem is you & if you fix these problems everything else will fall in line

No, the problem is being enslaved & being treated inhumane for hundreds of years,
The problem is losing culture & history,
The problem is assimilating to a foreign way of life,
The problem is trying to prosper in a foreign land amongst a people & government that views you less than equal

In short, the problem is the oppressor & his infrastructure of institutionalized racism

Always has & always will be

Its like that line from the Usual Suspects:
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

And thats exactly whats going on
The oppressor has flipped the narrative & got blacks believing theyre the cause of their own misery

Its some wickedly brilliant pimp shit