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The Great Uncoupling: Why Umoja Requires a Machete, Not a Net

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The Great Uncoupling: Why Umoja Requires a Machete, Not a Net https://www.spreaker.com/episode/scrape-away-the-fake-the-subtractive-path-to-umoja--70540444 Family, we’ve got Umoja all wrong. We’ve been moving through life thinking that Unity means cramming more people onto our life’s lifeboat until the whole thing starts to sink. We say "yes" to every gathering, hold on to toxic kinfolk out of guilt, and exhaust ourselves trying to bridge gaps that were meant to be boundaries. But what if real connection isn't about adding more to your plate? What if the deepest sense of belonging happens only after you scrape away the people, places, and mindsets that keep you divided within yourself? On today’s episode of Tha Daily Spark, we are talking about dropping the heavy baggage of forced alliances. Call to Inaction: “A tree cannot grow healthy branches if it refuses to drop its dead leaves.” Do not go out today trying to build a new network. Do not reach out to force a connecti...
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#qotdu Rant 2

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And another thing….Let's just say for shits and giggles that the latest victim of the police murder gang was not following orders. He did not comply with the orders from law enforcement (which he did) and was not cooperating. So fucking what!! We are human. We are Americans whether they like it or not. We have the same rights as the rest of the country. One does NOT deserve a death sentence for not complying. If you are being questioned, detained or even arrested by police officers then you have a right to know why. You have a right to ask why you are being detained. If there is no legal reason you also have the right to leave. If you are not breaking the law what makes people think that we are just supposed to quietly lie down and die? Why aren’t we allowed to ask questions, to retain our rights as Americans and as human beings? So a cop can just walk up with guns drawn and demand that I relinquish my freedom because it's Tuesday and he is having a bad day? Why were they ...
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#qotdu Rant 1

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… This has really been a trying week. I am tired so damn tired of reading or hearing the same story over and over. First somebody's child. Someone's baby, now someone's brother/father/son.  It's insanity. No let's call it what it is this is war! Only there is only one side allowed to participate. We are simply cannon fodder. So let me get this straight now in addition to driving while black, playing music while black, shopping while black, children playing while black, selling cigarettes while black we are also no longer allowed to exist while black. Car trouble just got a man killed. Why? Because he looked black or as the animal that shot him stated he looked like one scary dude. Right. Black like I said. Who do we think is coming to save us? Who can we call when we are under attack from those whose job it is to uphold the law? To protect us! We pay them with our tax dollars Oh Jesus? Hold up let me text him right quick. …. NO. That’s not the answer this time. ...
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