Dear Token Black Man: You Don’t Have to Play Safe for White People

Yes, you. The one in all of the photographs.

Michael Davis
LEVEL
Published in
5 min readJul 27, 2020

--

Photo: Maskot/Getty Images

Look, I get it.

For as long as I can remember, in many of my childhood and adult circles of friends, I have been the only Black guy. Just yesterday, I scrolled through my timelines, as I’m sure you may have done during this age of heightened racial and

--

--

Michael Davis
LEVEL
Writer for

CEO of Merek Security Solutions (merek.io). Tech storyteller, data privacy and mindfulness enthusiast, and in love with all forms of creativity.