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The problem is that white institutions have systematically torn down attempts by Black folks to build such social and economic capital. Eg: CIA introduction of drugs in middle class black neighborhoods, redlining, over policing black and brown neighborhoods, and just straight up bombing black neighborhoods.

It’s difficult to do this work when the system is trying its best to stop you.

>>Ar-Cur+(OP)
This is true, however teaching to our kids that nation state actors can try to subvert and combat any initiatives that they deem a threat and to get creative when trying to build for the future to mitigate against this threat is important.

It's also hard because a lot of positive opportunity for black kids growing up (at least in my experience Cincinnati, Ohio mid/late 90's early 2000s) has mainly come in through athletic sport initiatives, which was interesting to me as a kid to some degree, I was more interested in things not pertaining to athletic sports. Hell, I can barely relate to college educated black people who/want to work for companies like FB/GOOG/etc…