Black people are raised to acknowledge that every system they encounter is stacked against them, “You have to try twice as hard to get half as far,” “they are all waiting for you to fail,” and “you don’t get second chances” are shared by parents and community elders along with bedtime stories and arm milk. Any sense of vulnerability feels like a weapon that can be turned against oneself, rather than s source of strength and power – Imani Barbarin

Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
“Like” isn’t really the right response to this — we can only work to make this untrue in the future.
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I agree like is not the correct response, but I do see it as a step in saying “I understand and/or see the problem…
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I agree the greatest obstacle(s) we all have to overcome is(are) the conditioning/indoctrination that has taken up residence within our minds that interfere with our doing/being all want to and can be
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