re: Saw a Facebook post about Halloween decorations yesterday that got racial

The victim mentality is getting worse and has grown exponentially since the beginning of Obama’s second term.

Every personal failure, every time success is not met the first time trying, every consequence stemming from one’s own actions are attributed to racism.

The people hurt by this are people of color.

Life is about learning from your mistakes, failing and getting back up to try again, meeting hardship head on and not quitting when you hit obstacles.

If every personal failure or consequence is due to the color of your skin which can’t be changed then you don’t learn from your mistakes. You make the same mistakes over and over.

If every failure or hardship is due to racism then why even try or persist in the struggle to build a career just give up.

We have set up a belief system where black people feel helpless and feel their actions have zero effect on the outcomes they will see in life.

White people can’t be the ones to tell them about internal vs external locus of control it needs to be successful black people. And I’m not talking about rappers, athletes and actors. Black people who are business men, accountants, and plumbers need to spread their story of how they learned from their mistakes and used failure to change their approach and try again.