Sadly, that's kind of how Black American history is taught to us, right?

Things are bad, some super heroic Black person shows up on some ole 'things are bad..but they COULD BE GOOOOOOO! I'm gonna do something! And you should too!'. Of course, people get excited. Then of course, that magical heroic Black person gets somehow hampered or deflated..if not flat out killed.

And we keep finding new people to put in those roles. And of course, some people are fine with playing the role until the ugly part of the game starts, the pressure is on, and..like you've mentioned, basically nothing is good enough unless people are dying, turning down opportunities in the name of keeping it real, or whatever 'standard' we create for that person. IE: black singers being 'black enough', rappers avoiding 'going pop' or 'switching their style up too much', black actors not being in 'enough black movies', or even black folks being too black/too niche/too 'not letting other people in' (Chappelle was getting some of that wight critic hate even before the LGBTQ stuff got to where it got, Solange ate people's face off on A Seat At The Table over a similar type of thing..critics trying to force you into a lane and then being upset when you don't roll with it).

>Like Deion made a major move and statement, but he can't
>carry the torch for everyone forever.
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>Every time a Black person breaks a barrier, people are
>supposed to follow. You can't keep heaping expectations of
>millions of people on one person.
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>"To Each His Reach"
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>but.....
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>Fuck aliens.