Posted on 09/11/2021 12:36:41 PM PDT by lowbridge
I’m a first-generation, 17-year-old Black American who grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the Brooklyn neighborhood made famous by Jay-Z.
Given that brief biography, perhaps you’d assume that I’m a Black Lives Matter slogan-chanting, capitalism-chastising teen activist. Or that I’m an at-risk youth, destined for dropping out or incarceration.
You’d be wrong on both counts.
I’m a religious Christian and political conservative with an after-school job as a dishwasher at Panera: three things that, if we’re to believe the statistics about Gen Z, make me an outlier.
One thing the studies definitely get right: my peers and I are online all the time. I’ve had a cellphone since I was 11 years old and immediately downloaded Instagram. While there had always been references to social justice, they didn’t dominate. Until the past two years. Suddenly, they were everywhere I clicked and, often, at the centerpiece of our lesson plans at school. As classes moved from the classroom to bedroom, I began to notice my classmates denouncing their “white privilege” in Instagram posts, updating their bios with their gender pronouns, and posting links to various social justice causes.
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You Sir...are the reason some of us older Americans still have hope in America. Charge on.
Good for Daniel!
Taking after his biblical namesake.
Sounds like a great American. Hope he continues to be courageous!
Some good news for today. Just the fact that he used the word outlier correctly is heartening.
He better move...
That’s a fine young man.
Thanks. True Americans don’t care what color other Americans are but they do care about the red, white and blue colors.
Liberals: "There is no way he wrote this by himself. He had some Trumpster hypnotize him to say this stuff. He does not really believe this crap. No way some stupid 17 year old Black kid could think this way. He's off our plantation and when we get him back on we are gonna wail on him with our whips for hours!"
Thank you Daniel! You have lightened my day.
Very cool.
We need more young people like this.
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Woke is for the weak minded
Wahing dishes at Panera is a job.
You give new meaning to the concept of being an ass.
Great article. I would send it to a few of my woke family but they would just respond with anger.
I liked the line about the not cool shoes and recognizing his American privilege. Hooked after that.
I'm a groundbreaker, breaking new ground.
Sorry if you're jealous.
Keep on trying! I believe in you!
Do you know how to read? He works at Panera,,that is a job.
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