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For a split second, he was suspended, quite beautifully, regally, in the frame of the ruins before the bricks gave way and he hurled toward the ground.
“Okay, here’s what you need to do. You need to get married as soon as possible. Marriage is trust. It’s stability. Family. I know you have feelings about your brother and parents because you come from nothing, but get over it. Make a new family. And make them perfect. You need to show everyone, and I mean everyone, that you’re a humble, hardworking, deserving professional with incredible vision.”
This . . . well to be completely forthright, this is a business arrangement more than anything else. You can take some time to think about it, and my lawyers can draw up a prenup outlining any arrangements you’d like to specify.”
“Bougie is a derivative of the word bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie represent the middle class, a middle class trying to emulate what they think it means to be a part of the aristocracy. But these people don’t know. They don’t have seats at the table. The bourgeoisie live outside of the confines of court. They’re relying on gossip and observation to ascertain what they imagine an aristocratic life looks like. They get a distilled version of what it means to be an elevated member of society, and then they dress themselves up and parade as such so that they’re able to feel important.”
There is no use in trying to convince people who are determined to find fault with you over something you cannot control, and this goes both ways. You can’t live for other people. Sometimes you have to choose the me over the we. There will be Black people who will want you to be a certain way. There will be white people who will want you to be a certain way. None of that matters. The only thing that matters and is useful is how you are able to process information that you have learned and how you are able to move forward in life.
“The key to a successful business is figuring out how to make a problem into a profit.”

