Plantation Theory: The Black Professional's Struggle Between Freedom and Security

“Black Codes.” One of those codes was the vagrancy law,

Interestingly the misdirection was hidden in plain sight. It’s called a dream for a reason. We were not given the exposure to self-sufficiency, entrepreneurialism, or leadership, but instead, we were shown how to obey, follow, and comply.

ineptitude seated in leadership positions.

chained to the concepts of success that were sold to our ancestors? Or will we decide there’s another construct we can create for ourselves that doesn’t rely on waiting for White validation? When you graduate from high school, you go to a predominantly white college or university, graduate and get a good-paying job, work for thirty years, and then

transition group

Our dinner’s theme was, “Who’s responsible for solving systemic racism, and how can it be achieved?”

Buffer Class

He confided in her that he was brought up to be racist towards Black people, and this is who he was. My colleague was just as speechless for a moment, but at least she now knew what type of person she was dealing with. Shortly after he shared this revelation, he abruptly ended the call.

The buffer class resisted the notion that we were all equal in the eyes of this democracy in conflicts too numerous to count throughout the timeline of the grand experiment that is America.