There are a plethora of myths out there about black people, but the question is, which ones are actually true? For years, the black community has been inundated with oxymoronic myths that just continue as the years go on. At some point, someone needs to stop and say, How can all black people be lazy if they’re all extremely athletic? Or, how can all black people spend the majority of their time running if they’re supposed to be inside singing? It gets a bit hard to understand the myths if they’re all contradicting each other, don’t you think?
So from watermelon to welfare, Black Enterprise is exploring ten of the black community’s most popular urban legends while thinking, Doesn’t it just make you want to scream?
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