Good morning! to all. I read and research something new every day. I was disappointed to find this information. It’s not like I didn’t know it would happen, but to actually see the erasing of our history starting to take flight is so real. I just text my daughter who homeschools my grandchildren and told her to make sure that black history is taught in the home every month. What we need to realize is that what was before will be again. It’s happening right before our very eyes. I personally appreciate all of the professors for donating their time to keep our people educated. They get it, they understand what’s coming.

I’m uncertain if I’m permitted to do this, but can we analyze Kendrick’s performance? I believe what we’ve been learning was illustrated throughout his performance.

Happy Black History Month! I am shifting the Skool platform to a Black affinity space. This means that while anyone is welcome to support and learn, non-Black members will have limited access unless they are invested participants through paid membership. This is not about exclusion—it’s about protecting, cultivating, and sustaining spaces that pour back into our community rather than extract from it. If you are here, (as a non-Black member) we want you to be here with intention, standing in solidarity and offering a small form of reparative investment - $10/mo. Given our political climate, and for too long, Black creative spaces have been mined for inspiration, ideas, labor, and cultural currency without compensation or credit. From the exploitation of Black musicians, artists, and thinkers throughout history to the dilution of our movements through performative allyship, extraction has been a constant reality. In today’s political climate, where DEI initiatives are being dismantled and Black artistic contributions continue to be undervalued, it is more critical than ever to be intentional about who has access to our work. This is a shift away from passive consumption toward true investment in the creative, intellectual, and cultural spaces we build. THANK YOU to the non-Black members who have already paid! If you are of a non-Black member and want to move to a paid $10/mo membership (we are happy to have you,) please send me a DM in my chatbox directly and I'll update your subscription. Otherwise please feel free to remove yourself from the course, and/or I'll remove you. All Black members, across the diaspora, will remain on a free subscription 😎 (unless you already paid willingly.) Thank you everyone, see you Tuesday for another great discussion!