1.0Eat. See. Do.https://lbpost.com/esdGreggory Moorehttps://lbpost.com/esd/author/greggory-moore-2/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gJGT5Fayv5"><a href="https://lbpost.com/esd/hi-lo/the-fallacy-of-racial-representation">The Fallacy of Racial Representation</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lbpost.com/esd/hi-lo/the-fallacy-of-racial-representation/embed/#?secret=gJGT5Fayv5" width="600" height="338" title="“The Fallacy of Racial Representation” — Eat. See. Do." data-secret="gJGT5Fayv5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Once upon a time is was commonplace for white Americans to talk about this or that black American being "a credit to his race." We've since become sophisticated enough to see the bigotry inherent to such a backhanded compliment. Part of the bigotry therein is assigning an individual an ambassadorship of "his people" by the very nature of his ethnicity.https://img.lbpost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/11/30102229/eat-see-do-yost-866028-t2v70dbp-503339-JDLV86vC.png1200675