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Black Men Are Excellent

I can’t say that enough, and I say it often. The term Black excellence refers to a high level of achievement, success, or ability demonstrated by an individual Black person or by Black people in general, but this discussion is about Black men specifically. The narratives are deliberately negative and intended to paint Black men in […]