While this might be taken as tokenism, the smart ones leverage it. They are often the only Black on the team. You can only be free when you realize you belong no place – you belong every place.” This unleashes all kinds of potential and opens the mind to all kinds of possibilities.Ī number of Sanders’ interviewees cite their exceptionalism. Sanders quotes Maya Angelou: “You can’t be free if you feel you belong someplace. That is the magic, and it is different for everyone. They have turned their blackness into a concrete advantage. It’s a crazy way to live, but if they can master all the necessary tricks, they can develop tools that leverage their own talents. They must instantly evaluate every word and gesture from whites, and find a way to dress and speak that works in their particular situations.
Blacks have to be extra careful, extra aware, and extra vigilant. Good parents find they must teach their children to twist themselves into numerous contortions to avoid trouble, from beatings to arrests to death. Growing up Black in America can be torture. It is a fascinating and most worthwhile investment to make –for them and for readers. In his delightful and wide-ranging collection of interviews and personal memoirs, Sanders develops the concept of Black Magic into a very real strategy that make the difference in Black careers. According to Chad Sanders in Black Magic, it can be many different things, from drive to perseverance to empathy to connections. Black Magic is an attitude that successful American Blacks all seem to have in profusion and variations.
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