TheThink:

The third installation of “Being a Black Man” was released today, this time focusing on a 9-year-old boy named Marcus Jerome Yarboro (read: “The Young Apprentice“). I might as well admit it from the get: my initial interest in this project has led me to more frustrations and questions about the state of black America than I would have hoped for. Less are the stories of attainability for most black men in America; more are the anecdotes proving that with perseverance, a tough “work twice as hard as you” ethic, and so much luck the Texas Lotto feels insecure, that you too can be America’s Next Top black Model of success. But I did ask for a diversity of experiences, and this is what I got, so I can’t complain too much.

I do appreciate folks seeing middle to upper class Black folk face racial issues. They actually face more racial issues than lower class folks because they encounter white folks more. 

I do wonder, though...do white folks want to hear about Black folks' racial grief? And the explosion of interest in the first installment. So many Black folk declared it "must reading"...you still reading?