The Good and the Bad of Being Black in America

Some call it the great dichotomy of being Black in America. We see the progress Blacks have made in America and we see the great challenges facing Blacks in America. The Reality is simple, Blacks as individuals have always had a level of success in America and Blacks have always had significant hurdles simply due to the color of their skin and the associated response to that reality. This is part of the cognitive disconnect in America, the refusal of some Blacks who make it in maintaining the level of empathy necessary to be positive examples for all the people and especially for Black people who make it and those who may yet still suffer from what many call systemic and structural racism.