Key points

Black men are celebrated for resilience but rarely supported in the recovery that resilience requires.

The expectation to always be strong can disconnect Black men from their emotional needs and humanity.

The "Hero/Complex" expands heroism to honor both Black men's brilliance and their humanity, not just strength

Real healing begins when we stop proving our strength and start reclaiming and uplifting our full humanity.

There's a moment in Black Panther (2018) when T'Challa stands before his father in the ancestral plane, wrestling with what kind of king—and what kind of man—he's supposed to be. He's torn between duty and doubt, between the world's expectations and his own quiet hopes. That scene captures something I've seen, and lived, in real time.

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