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Black Excellence or Ignorance? Which Do You Prefer to Lead in Your Organization

I'm here, down in the dirty south!  I hear the dirty talk, I see the dirty walk, and I shudder at the thought that some dirty people might get hit by cars if they continue to walk dressed in all black on these here dirty roads with no sidewalks--but I digress.  

So, you stopped by the blog today, thanks!  Black excellence, let me pause.  Black ignorance, still pausing.  I'm not feeling some of our people right now especially those in hire and fire positions with little management experience, no moral compass, and way too many distractions including what they do in their free time that eats up their brain cells daily--some of ya'll know what I'm talking about!

Here we go again, writing about nasty attitudes coming from our people!  What's up?  Someone spray painted around town, "Smile N*gga!" and drew a long nose that looked like a male body part.  I guess he was thinking what I was thinking, "Does it hurt to be nice?"  A gentleman was shocked that my sons asked him, "How are you?"  A woman at a store was impressed that I greeted her all cheery and stuff, so she said--lol!  "I hope you stay that way, where you from?"  She hadn't seen my kind in these parts, and she was black--you thought I was going to say white, nope!

Is it just me or is the "excellence" and "ignorance" morphing together into some kind of hybrid that is creating a mean monster? A kind of person who is smart, but ignorant at the same time, because they feel they have to be?  A type of evil that is more wicked than the last.  So hurt, confused, used and abused that he or she will do or say almost anything to be happy for two minutes before plummeting to death his or her fellow brother or sister with curse words or worse gunfire over a mistake or an insult?  

There has always been the lingering thought, among some of our people, that in the black community in order for the professional black man and woman to co-exist among the brethren, who are not-so blessed, one must dumb his or herself down at times--"keep it real" every now and again to remind offenders that he or she has a background "in these streets" then proceed to act tough.  Shall we ponder that for a moment?

I liked the way "black excellence" was once promoted by elitists, A-listers, pastors, and the fraternal groups, where we don't let the world know or show everything dirty.  Instead, we put our best and brightest out there to shine and represent for us all.  Yet, ignorance has their platform filled with silly, stupid, ignorant, stereotypical, and so on kind of folk!  They get views, they sell products and services, they help you half-ass at the service desk, the local restaurant and wherever dollars are accepted without a smile or so much as a "Thank you for your business, please come again!"  Some of you still support the foolishness anyway because of the color of one's skin not the content of their character. MLK is probably rolling in his grave!

Those of you whose parents were strict with you growing up, showed you what black excellence looked and acted like by embodying black excellence--can I get an amen?  Those of you who remembered the consequences of acting "simple, stupid dumb, foolish..." in their presence recall the pain. Some of you parents and grandparents fought and continue to fight to prevent such tomfoolery from entering your camps!  However, it is a landslide victory these days that ignorant, rude and uneducated people are being promoted for nothing more than cheap wages and the color of their skin because supposedly they are relatable.  How about they were forced on us by using powerful tools to tell us all about them?  

Some of these foolish men and women are all-too willing to take low-paying jobs, because they are just "grateful," "never made that kind of money before," "never lived or shopped in a community like this..."  So, the poor and uneducated are relatable to those who are like them and entertaining to those who are not.  

"Where's your manager?  No, you don't understand what I'm asking nor what I need.  Please don't fake that you know, you don't.  Where's your manager? You are the manager...what?!"  

We are all suffering because a group mixed up giving one a chance with giving ignorance a chance.  It isn't any wonder why there is a high turnover at many of the establishments we shop, now is it?  We don't want to work with "a chance," trust our hard-earned dollars with "a chance" or invest in "a chance."   What we want is to work with knowledgeable professionals who know what they are doing and if not, retrain or terminate--just that simple!

Pay black excellence what they are worth in every industry and just maybe they will return back to workplaces all across our land, but if not, then we all continue to suffer in checkout lines, over-the-phone and out in these streets!

Nicholl McGuire is the owner of this blog and the author of Know Your Enemy the Christian's Critic and When Mothers Cry. 

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