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I know. I kind of get stuck on that but it\u2019s utterly bizarre to only see black people around me in my everyday life as hobos and almost nothing else while my news streams are these days full of OldSpice, Lebron James and of course the President of the United States. Again today on my morning ride, the only three black people I saw were three smelly, homeless men and woman, representing 100% of the homeless people of the day. And yet I still hear about the OldSpice guy.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it feels so inexplicably awkward to be a black man out there. Sometimes I dream what it would have been if I was a woman: I guess a good-looking pretty smart and fast-learning touch of femininity (meaning, badass black booty) in a men tech world would have play better for me. I\u2019m not saying that I\u2019d have been happier, but the middle class status hunt would have been successful. It\u2019s like women have a glass ceiling but a ladder while black men have no glass ceiling but no ladder either, not even a stool. Wonder why we are usually well sculpted? We need that shit to go up or not sink man.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t feel jealousy or anything going this way, I just feel that on a scale of people you trust in relationship, the black dude is the one with the less input, the one who has to struggle more, would he be seen as a joke or as a predator, it\u2019s never good. It feels a lot unfair. It\u2019s either \u201cyou lose\u201d<\/em> or \u201cyou don\u2019t really win wait, you thought you would?\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Or you win quite nicely. Isaiah Mustafa<\/a>, 10 million views and counting<\/a> for an ad with a long take and a kick ass manliness monologue reaching Chuck Norris level of badassness notoriety in a few months. He already has signed a talent deal with NBC. Bill Cosby started with an appearance on NBC\u2019s Tonight Show and was also into sports, 60 years ago. It\u2019s like nothing has changed.<\/p>\n

\"Isaiah<\/a>
Dude, you forgot to turn off the faucet, water waste hellooo?<\/em><\/p>\n

Ha! I pretty much look like that out of the shower so these ads are even funnier to me. I quote wikipedia:<\/p>\n

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The New York Daily News gave the ad a favorable mention, citing Mustafa’s "wildly smug, cool-cat smooth dude persona"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You mean like any successful black dude personality allowed in the white G20? Why are they so rare in real life then? Why am I so alone? Why don\u2019t I see them more here and there in the tech web game world? Why there\u2019s no leverage effect? Where are the mentors? <\/p>\n

But the question I know the answer is: \u201cif the world I\u2019m living in was more of the color of my skin, would it feel better, wouldn\u2019t it have been easier?\u201d<\/em> And my heart just screams \u201csay YES hell yeah say it!!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Considering my own story.. I swear all that stuff fucks me up. More than I could have ever thought it would.<\/p>\n

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