“the only spot in the spot” — the only visibly identifiable member of crowd that is not a member of the majority of that crowd including but not limited to:
The only Black person at a private school
The only White person at a Black Family Reunion
The only
flamboyantly gay or lesbian person in a room full of
Christian Nationalist
The only biracial person in a room full of uni-racial people
The only differently abled person in a room full of the biological normative
A single woman at a swinger’s club cruising for a threesome — so rare that they are called unicorns and have their own appellation.
Depending on the strength of character of the person in this situation. this can be a very fun, very comfortable, or very uncomfortable experience. And, if you don’t understand this phrase; then you have never been “the only spot in the spot”.
Ironically in a society and culture that prides itself on rugged
individuality; there are still more extreme ways of being “individual”. Cultural food for thought.
When Gil Scott Heron attended an
exclusive private school in New York, he was the only spot in the spot.
When my wife attended my
family reunion she trumped my high yellow cousins by being the only spot in the spot.
