My dad retired at 59
I will not
He had a pension. I have a 401k I can barely fund.
He bought his house at 28.
I can't touch a down payment at 30.
He paid $90 a month for health insurance. I pay $430.
At dinner he told me I need to be smarter with money.
I nodded.
Didn't tell him his entire life was built on an economy that no longer exists.
Didn't tell him my generation is paying for his Social Security while ours gets gutted.
Didn't tell him the ladder he climbed got pulled up right after him.
Just passed the potatoes.
Make it make sense
Teach your kids about
Marcus Garvey
Malcolm X
Assata shakur
Patrice Lumumba
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Huey P Newton
Thomas Sankara
Toussaint louverture
Fred Hampton
khalid Muhammad
Muhammad Ali.
This phenotype is most common among the Dougla populations of Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname (a mixture of African and East Indian ancestry, occasionally with minor Native American influence) and, to a lesser extent, Belize. In Belize, the mix is usually African and Native American.
Among Black Americans, this specific combination of deep skin tones paired with a looser hair texture is most prevalent in Mississippi and Alabama.
I saw this clip maybe two years ago, and for whatever reason, it was just the exact right time for me to hear it. Especially the part about "motivation" being meaningless, "habits" are everything.
As someone with ADHD, it quite literally changed the trajectory of my life.
And this, kids, is exactly why it matters to understand who’s overseeing high school curricula. Far too many people don’t know this story — and it should never be forgotten.