I’m this episode, I bring into question my lack of understanding for Kanye West. I remember laughing at him and thinking: you will never be a billionaire! Go sit down. Go be with Kim.

But I was being idiotic with a limited understanding of what is possible for any human but especially for a black person. Today, I took the time to learn more about the Yeezy Empire and I was truly embarrassed. We laugh at people’s dreams without fully understanding their sacrifices and what drives them because we simply are not driven or driven enough.

Kanye experienced a near death experience. He wrote through the wire and sang that song with his MOUTH WIRED SHUT!!! SO should he not dream or attempt to walk on water. Walk Yeezy! No one laughs at Mark Z. A whole drop out who has control over all of our data. He’s a child but no black person ever laughs at M.Z. But we will laugh at YE! Why? Cause he’s black and we can’t stand a confident and determined black mind. It reminds us of how mediocre we are. Stop hating. Level up!

Ignorance and fear truly plagues the black mindset. We constantly set limits on what is feasible and we are easily enthralled by the smallest accomplishments. And then we want to go shopping instead of going harder and beating our previous records. No! We need to demand more of ourselves and demand more of this world.

We refuse knowledge even when it’s FREE or easily accessible. How often do we read books? How often do we attend conferences? How often to we accept to listen to someone WHO DOESNT THINK LIKE US? We are allergic to those in our community WHO PRACTICE INDEPENDENT THINKING.

We refuse to try out new experiences because we think of being amongst another ethnic group is somehow an act of TREASON! Make that kind of village mindset make sense in the 21st century? It makes no sense. We are in a diverse country: let’s get to meet our neighbors!

We NEVER want to be challenged. We want to be lied to and to be led. We love what’s comfortable. We love the same old same old and that’s why we honor and veneer drug dealers. Never believing that a black person can legally break the mold and be respect in his/her country or abroad. We need to do better! And I’m sorry to Ye for laughing at his dreams. I was just being a hater cause I never had his level of confidence. And now I have respect for this man’s drive. Kanye lets me know that I can be a black African woman and have a luxury beauty brand or a luxury clothing line. This man is fighting for us to be taken seriously.