It's Okay for Blacks to be More than Mere Entertainers

    Great hesitation overtakes me as I contemplate whether or not to put these words on my spouse's custom made t-shirts, Rapper Athlete Singer.  The hesitation is stemmed from my past of pissing people off from my unmuzzled mouth. Ultimately, we came up with words that skipped around these specific aspects of the entertainment world. After all, black entertainers get paid amazingly. An estimate of 2.5 million dollars for NBA players, 860,000 median salary for NFL players, and 77,000 median salary for rappers. However, most of us are going to be great in our own unique way. We may not ever perform in front of millions of fans, host parties all night long in LA, or get Nike and Adidas Endorsements. Regular people are often shamed. So much conversation about not working for others and not making more than a teacher. Remarks that aren't ever going to make anyone's self esteem improve. These remarks are also degrading to the fast food worker that prepared your food (which you eat at 2-3 times a week), the cashier (that gets a paycheck from your grocery bill, that you overspend on because you never stick to a list) and the teacher (that obtained a college degree and nurtures your child's education, since you'd never consider homeschooling even if you could.) I'm not being rude. I'm saying consider a new perception of everyday jobs. Consider working a 9-5 you're passionate about and still come up with side hustles that can rack you up streams of passive incomes. The average mechanic makes 40,000. We always need car repairs so don't overlook this job. Call centers average 30,000 (this is a low ball figure that varies across the board.) Janitors (23,000) but you could create your own company eventually and start cleaning businesses and houses outside of your regular job. 27,000 average for hair stylist ( this can increase massively from the demand of natural hair needs) My point in putting some of these up is to encourage people to pursue different walks of life. We have to do what accommodates our life, and we have to sometimes accept that not all of us are hand-picked for the NBA or NFL. We may be able to build up our families from a honest wage and create new streams of generational wealth through educating ourselves, investing, and being open to financial literacy. Life is hard, and I think we all know that. I just think we don't have people promoting the "standard" life anymore and our mental health suffers and our self esteem. Let's be proactive in our lives and teach our children different career paths. Let's teach them humility for the jobs that get paid less than ours, manners to thank people that do jobs we wouldn't dare, and love for how hard us as parents work to give them better opportunities than we might have had.

Until Next Time,

Dx3

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