Black Men Should Not Fear Who They Are

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I feel that as someone in terms of greatness, one should not fear who they are, but for whom they are becoming. Given that I am an African-American young male, I am liable to uphold a variety of expectations. It is expected for me to overcome the statistics black males face today. I will, instead, become that strong, proud, college bound, alpha male that I aspire. Throughout my life I never really felt good enough for anything. I always knew that there was someone smarter, stronger, and better than me. Forcing myself to believe that I had no place in this world because I did not know what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go with life. I felt as though my parents would portray me as a great student, but I did not give them the academically inclined student that was expected. Living up to everyone's expectations was the result of me fearing who I was and my abilities. …show more content…

Not really having much at all, we found ourselves at our lowest living in a motel for some time. Hearing the words, “I can't even afford to send my son to college,” from my father was very disconcerting. This enraged me, but I had to realize that no matter what self-esteem issues I had, or what tribulations we were going through, it was time for me to turn my life around and become the hardworking man, My parents wanted me as, and the man I wanted be seen as. With that, I decided to become the first guy in my home to attend college. I was not the most studious throughout high school. If I would have realized the person and student, I should have been earlier in high school, I could have saved myself the regret. I overcame the student that I was and now I am the student that I knew I could be. My grades are beneficial at this point and I want to continue to pursue the grades that I have, studying a communication's

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