I read today that Harvard University hired its first black Dean of Students.  While some are accustomed to celebrating such achievements, I must confess that I am not always one of them.    I am very happy for Stephen Ball, believe me.  I am sure he worked extremely hard for his position.  But there's something about black people celebrating our acknowledgements from racist institutions that really concerns me.   Let me ask you a question:  Do white people celebrate when they are the first to be accepted into an HBCU?   Why do we celebrate when they accept us, but they fully expect us to accept them.   The reality, I hate to say this, is that we spend so much time trying to be accepted into other spaces that we don't spend much time building spaces of our own.  This is a significant issue in The Black Community.   That's my topic on today's podcast, but I want to do it in a way that I show full respect to Stephen and his accomplishments.  His new opportunity says more about Harvard than it says about him.