I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately but Black people millennial are some of the most wildly talented and skilled ppl on the planet and we are still unemployed
Because we went to school in massive numbers because culturally this was drilled into us from infancy. To be better than it parents to capitalize on the resources and opportunities they didn’t have. And we did we have all the skills and accomplishments in the world we really did make our ancestors proud we didn’t have to go THAT hard
Yet racial bias keeps us out of the the industries we fought so hard be get the nessesary skills to enter. And honestly that alone can create depression and endure anxiety like the intersection of racism class and professions is crazy
I’ve just been thinking about my own personal experience with this and I can definitely say this is the case with me.
“Did I not get that job because of my skill level or because I’m black”
Like on paper we are perfect candidates for these entry level positions in our chosen career fields but that black skin makes everything dull in the eyes of white professionals. It’s also hard a jarring experience to know that on paper you are a diamond and in person when they see its attached to black skin your back to just being coal. And this along with the current state of our social wrecks havoc on our mental health.
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