Notes from the Melanin-Challenged

The following list is in alphabetical order. Feel free to put the items in order, from that which is most, to that which is least, likely to impact one's life experience.

The privileges and advantages of being

-black (if this idea shocks you, expand your reading and media choices, and social interactions)

-confident / persevering

-born in a culture that has functioning infrastructure, basic freedoms, and upward mobility

-born into a home with a functional father and mother

-born with a good degree of raw intelligence

-born without severe physical handicaps

-employable

-female (if this idea shocks you, expand your reading and media choices, and social interactions)

-law abiding

-male

-narcissistic (free from the constraints of conscience when seeking what one desires)

-physically attractive

-relatively free of crippling psychological demons

-respectful of appropriate authority

-significantly involved in a group that both supports you and holds you accountable

-socially skilled / respectful of people in general / likeable / tactfully persuasive

-teachable / honest with yourself about yourself

-white

-working for the government (nearly impossible to fire)