<story><title>I’m Not “Black Enough” for Inc. Magazine</title><url>https://facesoffounders.org/im-not-black-enough-for-inc-magazine-337569d54a6b</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwaway_45</author><text>67% of black kids have a single parent so if you randomly picked a black person they would likely have been raised by a single parent home. He states that he came from a dual parent household from the suburbs. So he isn&amp;#x27;t an average black person just from statistical point of view. He got really lucky. I think if you give black kids two parents some money and a good school they would probably do as well as everyone else.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dcole2929</author><text>Serious question. What is the average black person? You can&amp;#x27;t just pick a single statistic and use that to define what average is. You certainly can&amp;#x27;t pick something as benign as coming from a dual family home. The average AA male is 5&amp;#x27;10. Is he not an average black person if he is shorter or taller?&lt;p&gt;I think overall you missed his entire point, which is basically that it is at best disingenuous to categorize every black person in America as having lived a life of struggle and hardship and at worst racist. His being an entrepreneur is certainly exceptional but his upbringing really isn&amp;#x27;t. Yet the publication in question basically made the decision that his &amp;quot;blackness&amp;quot; wasn&amp;#x27;t good material because it didn&amp;#x27;t contain that element of struggle. That&amp;#x27;s fine from a narrative perspective I guess but I think he is certainly within his rights to be offended by it.</text></comment>
<story><title>I’m Not “Black Enough” for Inc. Magazine</title><url>https://facesoffounders.org/im-not-black-enough-for-inc-magazine-337569d54a6b</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwaway_45</author><text>67% of black kids have a single parent so if you randomly picked a black person they would likely have been raised by a single parent home. He states that he came from a dual parent household from the suburbs. So he isn&amp;#x27;t an average black person just from statistical point of view. He got really lucky. I think if you give black kids two parents some money and a good school they would probably do as well as everyone else.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>merpnderp</author><text>They&amp;#x27;re no thinking about it. Black kids with two parents who finished high school do statistically slighter better than similar white parents. There&amp;#x27;s a lot to being said to finishing high school, hopefully going to college, and definitely getting married, to ensure your kids do as well or better than yourself.</text></comment>