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The Weight of False Loyalty: Stripping Down Ujima

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The Weight of False Loyalty: Stripping Down Ujima We’ve been sold a lie wrapped in cultural pride, and it is breaking our backs. For generations, the Black experience in America has glorified obligatory suffering. We’ve been conditioned to wear the titles of "Strong Black Man" and "Strong Black Woman" like badges of honor, when in reality, they are often just heavy yokes of trauma. We take on the "Black Tax," assuming the debts, the drama, and the dysfunction of everyone in our bloodline and our zip code. We mistake trauma-bonding for true tribal building, and it keeps us completely anchored in the lower frequencies of being Mad, Sad, and Scared. Today, we are vibrating on the frequency of Ujima —Collective Work and Responsibility. Bathed in the cool, deep hues of royal and light blue, Ujima is often misunderstood. Folks hear "collective" and immediately start gathering everyone else’s problems, saying "yes" until their own spirit is bo...

Mathematics

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Everyone knows that two halves make a whole.

My measure of integrity is one fraction of the soul.
One flesh plus another lying unprotected
adds one nine months later unexpected,
unselected, disconnected cause' your daddy's gonna run.
He's so afraid to be a father cause' no one ever called him son.
That's three minus one, remainder two that's scared to death.
Eighteen years later they'll still be wondering why he left.
The baby's crying, mama's dying as she gives him to the state.
Now it's three minus two remainder one to contemplate.
The problem was simple but was the answer so exact?
Well...they say we can't add, but we sure can subtract.




Preston J. Harrison
Founder/President
Imperial Integrative Health Research&Development, LLC.

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