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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We are standing at the edge of a revolution, one
that's not being televised, butquietly unfolding in code,
algorithms and automateddecisions.
Artificial intelligence isn'tjust coming for the future.
It's already rewriting thepresent, and Black communities
are at the crossroads ofinnovation and erasure.
From self-checkouts to virtualassistants to AI-generated
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content, entire industries aretransforming, while millions of
workers, especially inpredominantly Black job sectors,
are left trying to navigate asystem that was never built to
protect us.
Let's be clear this is not justabout technology replacing
people.
This is about Black livelihoods, black income and Black
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generational wealth being put atrisk in real time, because when
corporations innovate, theyoften eliminate roles that we
hold, and when opportunityknocks, we're too often locked
out due to lack of access, notlack of brilliance.
So the question isn't if AIwill change your career.
The real question is will yourjob survive the 2026 economy or
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will your brilliance be outpacedby systems that were never
designed with you in mind?
In today's episode, we'repulling back the curtain on
what's really happening, what'scoming and how we yes, we
prepare, pivot and protect ourfutures from being digitally
erased.
Repair, pivot and protect ourfutures from being digitally
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erased.
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We are in a defining moment,one that our grandparents could
never have imagined and ourchildren will inherit, whether
they're ready or not.
Artificial intelligence hasalready changed the world around
us, from how we shop to how welearn, to how we work, and the
pace is accelerating faster thanmost people can keep up.
But in communities like ours,where economic opportunity has
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always been uneven and survivalhas often required double the
work for half the recognition,this shift isn't just
technological, it's personal ForBlack workers across America,
from hospitality and retail tohealthcare and customer service,
entire job sectors are on thechopping block, and the truth is
, no one is going to save usunless we prepare to save
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ourselves.
In today's episode, we're goingto break it all the way down
what AI is actually doing to thejob market, which industries
are being hit hardest, and howBlack professionals, creatives,
entrepreneurs and essentialworkers can pivot, upskill and
reclaim power before it's toolate.
Whether you're a business owner, a single parent, a college
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student or a career veteranwatching your field shrink, this
episode is your wake-up callNot to panic, but to position
yourself with power, because theeconomy of 2026 is not coming.
It's already here.
And if we're going to thrive,not just survive, then we need
to understand the rules of thenew game and learn how to play
it on our own terms.
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From cotton fields to callcenters, the historical
exploitation of Black labor thestory of Black labor in America
is not a chapter, it's the spineof the entire book.
From the brutal economy ofslavery to the industrial
revolutions that followed, blackhands have built the wealth of
this nation brick by brick,invention by invention, service
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by service, often unpaid,underpaid or unprotected, we
were never just workers.
We were the engine behindentire industries.
Our labor tilled the soil,cleaned the houses, built the
railroads, cooked the food,raised the children and later
ran the machines, staffed thehospitals, answered the phones
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and drove the buses.
Every wave of American economicexpansion, from the plantation
system to domestic labor, frommanufacturing to modern gig work
, has leaned heavily on Blackbodies and brilliance, while
denying us ownership of thesystems we built.
Even during the greatindustrial boom of the 20th
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century, black workers wereoften relegated to the dirtiest,
most dangerous jobs.
When unions formed, we wereexcluded.
When wealth was distributed, wewere skipped.
When pensions were given, wewere shortchanged.
And when layoffs came, we werefirst on the chopping block.
It was never just about labor,it was about control.
It was about ensuring thatBlack people stayed in a cycle
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of working for a system thatbenefited others, while rarely
having access to build somethingfor ourselves.
Fast forward to the 21st centuryand the tools may look
different, but the patternpersists.
Now we're not just beingreplaced by people willing to
work for less.
We're being replaced bymachines that don't sleep, don't
organize, don't demand fair payand certainly don't care about
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diversity and inclusion.
The algorithms that determinehiring now often reflect the
same biases baked into the verysystem we've always had to
navigate.
When AI is trained onhistorical data data that
historically excluded us,misrepresented us or undervalued
our skill it continues thecycle of economic injustice.
And let's be honest if AI isthe new workforce, then who is
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making sure we are not digitallyredlined out of opportunity?
That's why this conversation iscritical.
Before we can talk about whatjobs will survive in 2026, we
need to understand why we'revulnerable in the first place.
This is not just about coding,boot camps and digital resumes.
This is about systemicinequality entering a new
chapter, and unless weunderstand where we've been, we
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won't know how to navigate,where we're going, which jobs
are disappearing first and whyBlack workers are the most
vulnerable.
Let's not sugarcoat it.
Some of the most commonly heldjobs in Black communities are
being eliminated faster than wecan pivot.
According to recent labor dataand projections from top think
tanks, automation and AI arealready replacing roles in
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customer service, retail, foodservice, data entry, warehousing
, transportation and evenaspects of healthcare support.
These aren't futurepossibilities.
These are present day realities, quietly unfolding in real time
while most people are too busytrying to survive paycheck to
paycheck to even notice thestorm coming.
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Take retail, for example.
Self-checkout systems and AIinventory trackers are cutting
down on floor workers andcashiers, roles that have long
been held by black and brownworkers.
In transportation, ridesharealgorithms are pushing drivers
to the edge of exhaustion, whilecompanies simultaneously
experiment with autonomousvehicles.
Call centers and help desks,which once offered flexible,
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stable employment, are now beingreplaced with AI bots that can
simulate human empathy without asalary.
Even in hospitality,restaurants are using AI-powered
kiosks and robotic servers inplace of real staff, leaving
behind a trail of lost jobs andshattered routines.
So why are Black workers themost vulnerable?
It's not because we're lesscapable.
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It's because we've beenhistorically funneled into low
wage, high labor and lessprotected sectors that are now
being hollowed out.
Systemic racism in education,employment access and
generational wealth has longlimited our access to high-tech
fields, executive-level rolesand innovation spaces.
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When automation enters aworkplace, it doesn't just
remove people.
It replaces the roles that aremost repetitive and least
protected.
Unfortunately, those rolesoften reflect where we've been
pushed due to bias,discrimination and institutional
protected.
Unfortunately, those rolesoften reflect where we've been
pushed due to bias,discrimination and institutional
neglect.
And here's what makes it evenmore dangerous.
Many Black workers don't havethe safety net to fall back on
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if their job is suddenly taken.
We're talking about singleparents, caregivers and
essential workers whosefinancial lives are already
stretched thin.
Givers and essential workerswhose financial lives are
already stretched thin.
Losing a job isn't justinconvenient, it's devastating.
And when AI replaces a role, itdoesn't give two weeks notice,
it just updates.
But there's more.
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Studies show that AI systemsused in hiring and firing are
often trained on biased data.
That means, even as jobs shiftinto more digital spaces, black
applicants face a double bind.
We're being pushed out of theold economy and filtered out of
the new one.
When systems are built withoutour presence, we're either
invisible or inaccuratelyrepresented.
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Resumes with ethnic names, forexample, have already been shown
to get fewer callbacks.
Now imagine that biasmultiplied and coded into every
stage of digital recruitment.
That's not advancement, that'salgorithmic exclusion.
This is why awareness is nolonger optional.
If you're in a field that feelssafe, understand that even
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white-collar jobs are next.
Ai is now writing legalcontracts, creating marketing
strategies, producing music,editing video and even
interpreting lab results inhealthcare.
It's not about if you'll beimpacted, it's when, and the
only real defense is awareness,adaptation and ownership.
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Digital redlining how biased AIsystems are shaping who gets
hired, fired or ignored.
The most dangerous form ofdiscrimination isn't the one you
can see, it's the one hiddeninside code.
In the past, we could point toredlining maps that kept us out
of neighborhoods.
We could fight schoolsegregation, challenge workplace
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racism or organize againstvoter suppression.
But what do you do when thegatekeeper isn't a person, it's
a line of code?
What happens when decisionsabout your job, your loan, your
housing application, your healthcare, even your child's school,
are made by artificialintelligence systems trained on
biased data that reflecthundreds of years of structural
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racism?
That, my love, is the new faceof oppression Digital redlining.
And it's already here.
Let's break it down.
Ai doesn't think like a human.
It calculates based on patternsin the data it's given.
So when it's fed historicalemployment data, loan approval
records, housing demographics oreven resumes from the past,
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guess what it learns?
That white names get hired moreoften, that black neighborhoods
are high risk, that certain zipcodes don't deserve loans, that
historically, black womenweren't given executive roles,
that certain schools had lowertest scores, without ever asking
why.
These algorithms don'tunderstand context, they don't
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understand racism.
They just mimic what's beendone and do it faster at scale,
with the false appearance ofbeing neutral In hiring.
This is already devastating.
Companies use AI resume scannersto filter applicants, weeding
out candidates who don't fit thealgorithm's preferred mold.
But what if the system istrained on a company's existing
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employees, most of whom arewhite, ivy League educated and
male?
Anyone outside of that profile,especially Black candidates,
get flagged as less compatible,even if they have the same or
better qualifications.
Even if they have the same orbetter qualifications, ai
doesn't care about potential.
It's built to predict who fits,and too often we've never been
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given the chance to fit in thefirst place.
It doesn't stop there.
In the world of HR, ai is beingused to monitor productivity
and even make decisions aboutwho should be promoted or let go
.
Some companies use emotionrecognition software and even
make decisions about who shouldbe promoted or let go.
Some companies use emotionrecognition software in job
interviews to analyze facialexpressions and vocal tone.
But guess what?
These tools consistentlymisread darker-skinned
individuals interpreting us asmore aggressive, less
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enthusiastic or less trustworthythan our lighter-skinned peers.
That's not science.
That's digital racism with atech badge.
Let's talk about social mediaalgorithms.
Black creators have beendocumenting for years how their
content is suppressed,demonetized or removed, more
often than white creatorsposting similar or even more
graphic content.
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The same algorithms thatdetermine who gets visibility,
influence or income on theseplatforms are built without
cultural sensitivity oroversight.
What gets flagged as sensitiveor inappropriate is often rooted
in whiteness as the standard,from beauty filters that lighten
skin tones to language modelsthat flag African American,
vernacular English, AAVE asunprofessional.
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The tech is not just biased,it's colonized.
Even healthcare is affected.
Ai diagnostic tools used inhospitals have been shown to
underestimate the severity ofsymptoms in Black patients, and
predictive tools for chronicillness have flagged us as lower
priority for advanced treatment, even when symptoms are
identical.
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These are not glitches.
These are extensions of amedical system that has
historically mistrusted,misdiagnosed and mistreated us,
and now it's being automated.
And, what's worse, there'soften no way to appeal.
No human to talk to nosupervisor to escalate, to no
transparency into why a systemrejected your application or
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assigned you a lower score.
It's an invisible ceiling, atech-based Jim Crow gatekeeping
system dressed up in datascience.
So what do we do?
First, we name it Digital.
Redlining is real and we haveto stop treating technology as
neutral just because it'scomplex.
If it was built by people, itinherited their biases period.
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Second, we push for techaccountability.
We support legislation thatforces companies to audit and
disclose the biases in their AItools.
We advocate for transparencyand demand that diversity
doesn't stop at hiring.
It has to extend to the dataitself, the developers, the
policies and the way these toolsare deployed.
Third, we support black techcreators, coders and
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entrepreneurs.
We need to not only understandthe tools.
We need to build our own.
We need black-led innovationlabs, community tech hubs,
coding boot camps in ourneighborhoods and spiritual
warriors who are just as fluentin coding as they are in culture
, because the truth is this.
Ai is not going away in ourneighborhoods, and spiritual
warriors who are just as fluentin coding as they are in culture
, because the truth is this.
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Ai is not going away, butneither are we.
We are the generation thatcan't afford to be digitally
locked out of another economicrevolution, and if we don't rise
up and demand a seat at thedigital table, we'll find
ourselves fighting for scraps ina system that once again
profits from our exclusion.
Let this be the turning point,not just a warning but a call to
arms.
Let's educate, agitate,innovate and create technology
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that sees us, protects us anduplifts our brilliance, not
erases it.
Future-proof careers the fieldswhere Black talent can thrive in
a post-AI economy.
Now that we've exposed how thesystem is shifting and how it's
coded, with historical bias, weneed to move into the light of
possibility.
Yes, ai is replacing jobs, butthat doesn't mean all hope is
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lost.
In fact, many careers are notonly surviving the AI wave,
they're thriving because of it.
The key is knowing which ones,why they're resilient and how we
, as Black professionals, canposition ourselves to lead, not
lag, in the economy of 2026 andbeyond.
So let's break it down.
First and foremost, creative,strategic and high-empathy
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fields remain the leastvulnerable to automation.
Why?
Because no machine canreplicate the soul, the nuance,
the improvisational brillianceor the ancestral wisdom that we
bring to the table.
A I can write, but it can'tfeel.
It can analyze, but it can'ttruly understand.
So careers rooted in humanconnection, critical thinking
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and cultural storytelling arenot only safer, they're
essential.
Let's talk healthcare.
While some tasks are beingautomated, there is, and always
will be, a need for real humanhealthcare providers.
Nurses, mental healthcounselors, therapists, holistic
wellness practitioners, doulas,herbalists and community-based
healers are all vital roles thatrequire presence, compassion,
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cultural competency andintuition Skills AI simply
cannot duplicate.
For Black professionals,especially those interested in
holistic and ancestral medicine,this is a powerful area of
growth.
We need more Black therapists,more Black midwives, more
spiritual counselors andtrauma-informed healers.
These are recession-resistantand automation-resistant
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professions.
Then there's technology itself,and this is where the real
money is.
We must stop seeing tech astheir space and begin reclaiming
it as our own.
Coding, cybersecurity, datascience, ethical AI auditing, ux
docs, ui design, digitalmarketing and content creation
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are all areas where Blackbrilliance can flourish.
You don't need to be a mathgenius to learn Python or
JavaScript.
You need access, training andvision, and those are becoming
more available throughcommunity-led boot camps,
youtube university nonprofitcoding programs and Black tech
incubators.
Youtube University nonprofitcoding programs and black tech
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incubators.
The future belongs to those whocreate, not just consume.
So, instead of being replacedby the algorithm, learn to build
one, build the tools, build theplatforms, build the future.
Next, let's talk education andtransformation, one of the most
powerful areas of growth is incoaching, consulting,
facilitation and online teaching.
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Ai can feed you facts, but itcan't guide transformation.
Whether it's financial literacy, relationship coaching,
wellness, mentorship orspiritual guidance, people still
crave humans to help themchange their lives.
If you have knowledge, livedexperience and a heart for
teaching, this is your time topackage it.
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Turn your skills into e-books,digital courses, live workshops
or coaching programs.
Black-owned education platformsare rising and they're
recession-proof when built onservice, not hustle.
Let's not forget skilled tradesand hands-on work, which are
actually experiencing a shortagedue to over-automation
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elsewhere Electricians, solarpanel installers, hvac techs,
carpenters, plumbers, welders.
These are careers withsix-figure potential that AI
can't touch, and many of theseroles are ripe for Black
ownership.
Imagine not just working thetrade, but owning the business,
hiring your community andpassing it down.
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Another powerful path spiritualentrepreneurship.
This is for the healers, theintuitive ones, the energy
workers, herbalists, soundhealers and cultural workers who
are reclaiming ancestral wisdom.
Sound healers and culturalworkers who are reclaiming
ancestral wisdom.
I can't pray.
It can't touch the soul and ina world becoming more
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disconnected and anxious by theday, people are searching for
alignment, clarity and grounding.
That's where you come in,whether through astrology, ifa,
reiki, hoodoo or soul coaching.
Your gifts are not outdated,they're in demand and they
deserve to be compensated withvalue, not just applause.
And then there's media andcontent creation.
Yes, a, I can generate scripts,but it can't be you, it can't
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speak from your experience, itcan't carry your accent, your
rhythm, your culture, your story.
Black creators are buildingempires on YouTube, tiktok,
patreon and podcasting platforms, not because we're chasing
trends, but because we'recreating conversations that the
world needs to hear.
Your voice, your story, yourauthenticity is your brand, and
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authenticity cannot beduplicated by code.
Finally, let's talk ownership.
No job is truly safe if youdon't own the means of
production.
Whether you're a hairstylist, achef, a life coach or an AI
engineer, your real power comeswhen you build a brand, a
business or an ecosystem thatyou control.
Ownership is the ultimateprotection because, even if the
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industry shifts, you won't bescrambling for relevance.
You'll already be rooted inpurpose.
So, as the world changes, don'tjust ask what job can I get.
Ask instead what value can Ioffer that no machine can touch?
The answer is already in you.
The skills may evolve, thetools may shift, but your power,
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your voice, your story and yoursacred purpose are timeless the
Black Tech Uprising how to gettrained, funded and visible in a
biased industry.
It's time to stop asking for aseat at the table and start
building the damn table, because, while tech continues to
dominate the global economy,black communities are still
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fighting just to get through thedoor.
But here's the truth the tideis turning.
A quiet revolution is alreadyunderway and it's being led by
black coders, founders,developers, designers, ethical
hackers and digital storytellers, who are not only stepping into
tech spaces but reclaiming theentire narrative.
Still, we have to be honestabout the barriers.
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The tech industry remains oneof the most racially exclusive
fields.
In America, less than 7% oftech employees at major
companies like Google, apple andFacebook are Black, and even
fewer are in leadership roles.
Funding it's even worse.
In 2023, black startup foundersreceived less than 1% of
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venture capital funding.
That's not a gap.
That's intentional economicexclusion.
And yet we rise.
So how do we break into anindustry that was never built
for us?
We build from the inside andthe outside.
The inside strategy is accessFree and low-cost coding boot
camps, mentorship programs,scholarships and training
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initiatives that arespecifically for Black learners.
Platforms like ReskillAmericans, codepath, Black Girls
Code and Career Karma areremoving the financial barriers
and offering intensive,real-world tech skills skills
from full-stack development tocloud computing.
You can get certified without adegree.
You can learn Python, sql, ux,ui, cybersecurity and more from
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your phone, your tablet, yourkitchen table.
You just have to make thedecision to start the outside
strategy Ownership.
We're not just trying to work intech.
We're building our own tech.
Black-owned platforms,black-led crypto projects, ai
startups, fintech solutions,health tech innovations, gaming
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companies and creative agenciesare already popping up in
Atlanta, houston, oakland,chicago and beyond.
The tools are more accessiblethan ever.
Platforms like Bubble and Glidelet you build apps with no code
.
Canva, descript, notion andChatGPT let you create brands,
automate systems and runbusinesses solo.
And platforms like Fund, blackFounders, seed at the Table and
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Black Ambition are creatingpathways to real funding.
If the VCs won't fund us, wefund each other.
Visibility is the next weapon.
If the tech industry won'thighlight us, we shine a light
on ourselves.
Build your LinkedIn.
Show your process on TikTok.
Document your journey onYouTube.
Write about your mission onMedium.
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Share your wins, your lessons,your behind the scenes on Medium
.
Share your wins, your lessons,your behind the scenes.
Every tweet, every post, everyreel is a digital resume.
The world is watching, so givethem something to see.
And don't forget tech isspiritual too.
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Every time we code, we arespeaking a language of creation.
Every algorithm we correct,every app we build, every tool
we design is an ancestral act ofinnovation.
We come from builders, seers,inventors, oracles.
Innovation is in our DNA.
The future of black tech is notjust about money.
It's about liberation.
It's about building platformswhere our children don't have to
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change their names to get hired, where our ideas aren't stolen
and rebranded, where our dataisn't mined but monetized.
It's about rewriting the codeso that our voices, our culture
and our brilliance are bakedinto the architecture of the
future.
So if you've ever thought techwasn't for you, think again.
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There's room for the strategist, the dreamer, the organizer,
the healer, the educator, theartist.
You don't have to be a SiliconValley bro.
You can be you authentically,radically, brilliantly and still
build something that changesthe world.
Let this be your sign.
You don't need permission toenter the digital age on your
own terms.
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You just need a vision, a planand the courage to begin
Protecting Black wealth.
In the age of AI, what to save,what to learn, what to build?
We can't talk about survivingAI without talking about wealth,
because this next era won'tjust be a test of job skills.
It will be a test of economicstrategy, mindset and legacy.
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When industries collapse andautomation accelerates, those
with wealth aren't just buffered, they're empowered.
But for too many of us, wealthstill feels like a dream
deferred, a moving target or aburden passed down through
scarcity, survival and systemsthat were never designed for our
liberation.
But here's the hard truthWithout financial strategy, ai
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will widen the wealth gap, notjust between the rich and poor,
but between those who adapt andthose who don't.
And if we're not intentional,we will once again be locked out
of the ownership, access andequity required to thrive.
So what do we need to save,learn and build?
Let's start with what to save.
In this climate, emergencyfunds are no longer optional.
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They're essential.
With industry shifting androles disappearing overnight,
every dollar saved becomes alifeline.
If you're in a vulnerableindustry, aim to stash three to
six months of living expenses,cut subscriptions, trim the
excess and redirect that energytowards stability.
Remember, budgeting isn'tpunishment, it's preparation,
it's sacred foresight, it'sprotecting your peace in
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unpredictable times.
Next, we must rethink spendingas an act of alignment.
Every dollar we circulate iseither draining us or empowering
us.
Support Black-owned techplatforms, ethical brands and
digital learning tools that pourback into our ecosystems.
Spend on books, courses andsoftware that help you build,
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not binge.
Replace consumption withcreation.
If AI can make content 24-7,what will make your content,
your voice, your service standout?
The answer is presence,consistency, soul, and those
things require discipline,financial and spiritual.
Now let's talk about what tolearn In this economy.
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Your skills are your security,whether you're a teacher, a
healer, a chef or a creative.
Learn how AI is impacting yourindustry.
Stay curious.
Watch tutorials, sign up fornewsletters, take that free
course, test that new app,listen to business podcasts
while you cook.
Don't let fear paralyze you.
Let it activate you.
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Understand data.
Understand automation.
Understand automation.
Understand how to leverage itinstead of being crushed by it.
Learn how to write prompts.
Learn how to use tools likeChatGPT, canva, notion and
Teachable to streamline yourgifts.
Learn financial literacy.
Learn cryptocurrency, even ifjust at the basics.
Learn what generational wealthactually means, so you can pass
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more than just trauma forward.
Then comes the most powerfulquestion what are you building?
Are you building a brand or ahustle?
Are you building digital assetsor just digital noise?
Are you creating systems thatmake money while you rest, or
are you still exchanging hoursfor dollars with no long-term
plan?
Building doesn't always meanstarting a business.
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It might mean investing in yourchild's tech education.
It might mean co-buying landwith your siblings.
It might mean automating partof your income.
It might mean buying your firstvending machine, airbnb unit or
launching a high vibe ebookabout what you already know.
But you must build, because thepeople who will thrive in the
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AI economy are the ones who arecreating multiple streams of
intelligent, intentional income,and that includes digital
ownership.
Do you own your domain name?
Do you own your likeness, yourvoice, your data, the content
you post every day?
Can you monetize it or licenseit?
Because AI is already scrapingour culture, our slang, our
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images, our music to trainitself and profit, while we
remain unpaid, unprotected andunseen.
It's time to flip the script.
Your brand, your voice, yourmind those are assets.
Protect them like theintellectual property they are.
That means trademarks.
That means digital contracts.
That means using platforms thatpay you, not platforms that
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just play you.
Platforms that pay you, notplatforms that just play you.
Finally, protect your peace.
Wealth is not just numbers in abank.
It's the emotional, mental andspiritual alignment that allows
you to make wise decisions.
It's clarity in the chaos.
It's saying no to urgencyculture and yes to strategy.
Your nervous system can'tcreate when it's stuck in
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survival, so give yourself spaceto reset, reimagine and rise.
This isn't about fear.
This is about freedom and, inthis age of automation, your
ability to adapt is yoursuperpower.
Protect your wealth, expandyour mind, build something no
machine can take from you.
That that's the future wedeserve Preparing the next
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generation, teaching ourchildren to lead.
In the age of AI.
The most powerful legacy we canleave is not money.
It's mindset.
It's not just assets.
It's access to wisdom, tostrategy, to tools that prepare
the next generation to walk intorooms we were locked out of and
to build new rooms entirely.
The AI revolution isn't coming.
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It's already shaping yourchild's future, and the question
isn't whether they'll beaffected by it.
It's whether they'll own it orbe owned by it.
Let's be clear the childrenwe're raising today are the
first generation being shaped byartificial intelligence from
birth, from Siri to YouTubealgorithms, from chat GPT to
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virtual classrooms.
They are already interactingwith automated systems daily,
but interaction is not the sameas understanding.
Our babies can swipe a screenbefore they can spell, but are
they being taught how the screenworks?
Are they learning how to bemore than consumers of content
and instead becoming creators,coders, builders and critics of
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the very system shaping theirminds?
Because if we don't teach themhow to navigate this shift,
someone else will, and noteveryone has their liberation in
mind.
We must reimagine education, notjust in schools, but in our
homes.
Tech literacy must become asimportant as reading and writing
.
Financial literacy must becomeas normal as learning your ABCs
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and emotional literacy how toprocess change.
Fear, rejection, opportunity,failure and innovation must be
woven into their daily world,because the future will reward
flexibility, problem solving andauthenticity more than rote
memorization.
And we cannot allow ourchildren to walk into the next
economy carrying the samegenerational fear, trauma or
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self-doubt that was handed to us.
We must teach them how to owntheir gifts and monetize their
genius.
Whether they want to be digitalartists, youtubers, engineers,
herbalists, lawyers orentrepreneurs, there's a lane
for them.
Our job is to guide them towardit.
Remove the blocks and plantseeds.
They can grow into forests.
That means enrolling them incoding camps and STEM programs,
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even if you don't understand ityourself, enrolling them in
coding camps and STEM programs,even if you don't understand it
yourself.
That means exposing them toBlack inventors, entrepreneurs,
scientists and leaders in AI androbotics, so they know we exist
in these spaces and always have.
That means talking to themabout money, about credit, about
passive income and purpose, notwaiting until they're
struggling to teach themsurvival.
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That means celebrating theirideas, even the wild ones, and
showing them how to takesomething from thought to
blueprint to income stream.
We don't need more good students, we need free thinkers, and our
children are already born withthat light.
It's our job to protect it, andthis applies to more than just
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biological children.
Every child in our carestudents, mentees, little
cousins, community youthdeserves the wisdom we didn't
get.
The village must evolve because, while public schools are
debating textbooks,billion-dollar companies are
already training their AI withdata scraped from our kids'
online activity.
We need to be just as vigilantabout what they're learning and
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who is teaching it.
It's time to prepare them forcareers that don't exist yet, to
help them see their imaginationas capital, to raise children
who don't fear AI but command it, who don't rely on systems but
build them, who know that beingblack, brilliant and digitally
fluent is not a contradiction.
It's a superpower.
So let's give them the tools.
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Teach them how to learn, notjust what to learn.
Show them how to question,innovate and solve.
Introduce them to platforms,software and business models
that let them earn, express andexperiment.
Encourage global thinking,ancestral wisdom and business
models that let them earn,express and experiment.
Encourage global thinking,ancestral wisdom and the ability
to pivot with purpose, becausepreparing them isn't about
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pressure, it's about power, it'sabout handing them the compass
to navigate a world we may neverfully see, but one that our
choices will shape for them.
We are the bridge between theancestors and the algorithms.
Let us not waste this sacredassignment the divine strategy
aligning spirit, skill andsurvival in the new age.
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No matter how fast the worldspins, no matter how advanced
the technology becomes, onetruth remains Our spirit is
eternal.
And in this age of AI,automation and digital
acceleration, survival alone isnot enough.
What we are truly seeking isalignment, where our spiritual
purpose, our skill set and oureconomic power become one
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unified force, because the realflex isn't just adapting to the
times, it's commanding them withclarity, culture and divine
instruction.
It's commanding them withclarity, culture and divine
instruction.
This age demands strategy.
But for us, strategy is notjust spreadsheets and software.
Strategy is spiritual, it'sancestral, it's intuitive.
It's knowing when to speak andwhen to move in silence.
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It's building a business planand lighting a candle.
It's trusting your instinct asmuch as your data.
It's waking up and asking yourori what is in divine alignment
for me to create today?
It's pouring into your skillswhile pouring libation for those
who walked before you.
It's not either or it's both.
And this is the divine strategy, one that centers wholeness,
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not hustle.
We are not meant to be burntout, digital slaves trying to
keep up with the algorithm.
We are meant to be calibrated,conscious and called to build
systems of freedom, notdependency.
And that means remembering thesacred in everything you do,
whether you're launching a techstartup, writing a book, selling
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herbal tinctures, offeringhealing work or raising children
.
Make sure it's rooted inintention, make sure your work
feeds your soul, not just yourschedule, because in the chaos
of innovation, peace isrevolutionary.
So how do we align in this newage?
First, you start with your Ori,your inner divine self, your
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blueprint.
You ask what am I uniquely hereto build, teach, shift or
protect?
You check in, you listen, youalign your work, with your
values.
Then you activate your egg bay,your spiritual network, the
souls you're aligned with acrosstime and space, your ancestors,
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your higher self, your unseenallies.
You don't walk into the futurealone.
You walk in with your squad,both physical and spiritual.
Next, you get clear on yoursacred skills.
What do you do with ease thatothers find difficult?
What lights you up?
What solves a real worldproblem?
This is not the time forimposter syndrome.
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This is the time for impostershedding.
Own your brilliance, own yourevolution.
The world doesn't need anothercopy.
It needs your originalfrequency.
And then you move with grace,with strategy, with purpose.
You build, you invest, youstudy, you stretch, you automate
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what drains you and amplifywhat feeds you.
You trust divine timing withoutfalling into passive waiting.
You partner with the ancestors,the algorithms and your own
inner power to make decisionsthat protect your peace while
expanding your prosperity.
The AI economy may change jobs,it may shift industries, but it
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cannot replace your divineassignment.
Your energy, your presence,your legacy cannot be downloaded
or outsourced.
And that, my love, is yourprotection, that is your
leverage, that is your wealth.
You are the intersection ofinnovation and inheritance.
You are your ancestors'unbroken code and every time you
choose alignment over fear,clarity over chaos and purpose
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over panic, you are building thefuture we've been praying for.
Let this episode be yourblueprint, your battle cry and
your blessing, not just tosurvive 2026, but to command it
with vision, to guide yourfamily, your community, your
lineage and your soul into thenext chapter with wealth,
wellness and unwavering clarity,because it's not just about
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what careers will survive.
It's about who we choose tobecome in the face of change.
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conversation.
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Thank you, you.
We are standing at the edge of a revolution, one
that's not being televised, butquietly unfolding in code,
algorithms and automateddecisions.
Artificial intelligence isn'tjust coming for the future.
It's already rewriting thepresent, and Black communities
are at the crossroads ofinnovation and erasure.
From self-checkouts to virtualassistants to AI-generated
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content, entire industries aretransforming, while millions of
workers, especially inpredominantly Black job sectors,
are left trying to navigate asystem that was never built to
protect us.
Let's be clear this is not justabout technology replacing
people.
This is about Black livelihoods, black income and Black
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generational wealth being put atrisk in real time, because when
corporations innovate, theyoften eliminate roles that we
hold, and when opportunityknocks, we're too often locked
out due to lack of access, notlack of brilliance.
So the question isn't if AIwill change your career.
The real question is will yourjob survive the 2026 economy or
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will your brilliance be outpacedby systems that were never
designed with you in mind?
In today's episode, we'repulling back the curtain on
what's really happening, what'scoming and how we yes, we
prepare, pivot and protect ourfutures from being digitally
erased.
Repair, pivot and protect ourfutures from being digitally
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erased.
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We are in a defining moment,one that our grandparents could
never have imagined and ourchildren will inherit, whether
they're ready or not.
Artificial intelligence hasalready changed the world around
us, from how we shop to how welearn, to how we work, and the
pace is accelerating faster thanmost people can keep up.
But in communities like ours,where economic opportunity has
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always been uneven and survivalhas often required double the
work for half the recognition,this shift isn't just
technological, it's personal ForBlack workers across America,
from hospitality and retail tohealthcare and customer service,
entire job sectors are on thechopping block, and the truth is
, no one is going to save usunless we prepare to save
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ourselves.
In today's episode, we're goingto break it all the way down
what AI is actually doing to thejob market, which industries
are being hit hardest, and howBlack professionals, creatives,
entrepreneurs and essentialworkers can pivot, upskill and
reclaim power before it's toolate.
Whether you're a business owner, a single parent, a college
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student or a career veteranwatching your field shrink, this
episode is your wake-up callNot to panic, but to position
yourself with power, because theeconomy of 2026 is not coming.
It's already here.
And if we're going to thrive,not just survive, then we need
to understand the rules of thenew game and learn how to play
it on our own terms.
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From cotton fields to callcenters, the historical
exploitation of Black labor thestory of Black labor in America
is not a chapter, it's the spineof the entire book.
From the brutal economy ofslavery to the industrial
revolutions that followed, blackhands have built the wealth of
this nation brick by brick,invention by invention, service
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by service, often unpaid,underpaid or unprotected, we
were never just workers.
We were the engine behindentire industries.
Our labor tilled the soil,cleaned the houses, built the
railroads, cooked the food,raised the children and later
ran the machines, staffed thehospitals, answered the phones
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and drove the buses.
Every wave of American economicexpansion, from the plantation
system to domestic labor, frommanufacturing to modern gig work
, has leaned heavily on Blackbodies and brilliance, while
denying us ownership of thesystems we built.
Even during the greatindustrial boom of the 20th
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century, black workers wereoften relegated to the dirtiest,
most dangerous jobs.
When unions formed, we wereexcluded.
When wealth was distributed, wewere skipped.
When pensions were given, wewere shortchanged.
And when layoffs came, we werefirst on the chopping block.
It was never just about labor,it was about control.
It was about ensuring thatBlack people stayed in a cycle
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of working for a system thatbenefited others, while rarely
having access to build somethingfor ourselves.
Fast forward to the 21st centuryand the tools may look
different, but the patternpersists.
Now we're not just beingreplaced by people willing to
work for less.
We're being replaced bymachines that don't sleep, don't
organize, don't demand fair payand certainly don't care about
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diversity and inclusion.
The algorithms that determinehiring now often reflect the
same biases baked into the verysystem we've always had to
navigate.
When AI is trained onhistorical data data that
historically excluded us,misrepresented us or undervalued
our skill it continues thecycle of economic injustice.
And let's be honest if AI isthe new workforce, then who is
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making sure we are not digitallyredlined out of opportunity?
That's why this conversation iscritical.
Before we can talk about whatjobs will survive in 2026, we
need to understand why we'revulnerable in the first place.
This is not just about coding,boot camps and digital resumes.
This is about systemicinequality entering a new
chapter, and unless weunderstand where we've been, we
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won't know how to navigate,where we're going, which jobs
are disappearing first and whyBlack workers are the most
vulnerable.
Let's not sugarcoat it.
Some of the most commonly heldjobs in Black communities are
being eliminated faster than wecan pivot.
According to recent labor dataand projections from top think
tanks, automation and AI arealready replacing roles in
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customer service, retail, foodservice, data entry, warehousing
, transportation and evenaspects of healthcare support.
These aren't futurepossibilities.
These are present day realities, quietly unfolding in real time
while most people are too busytrying to survive paycheck to
paycheck to even notice thestorm coming.
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Take retail, for example.
Self-checkout systems and AIinventory trackers are cutting
down on floor workers andcashiers, roles that have long
been held by black and brownworkers.
In transportation, ridesharealgorithms are pushing drivers
to the edge of exhaustion, whilecompanies simultaneously
experiment with autonomousvehicles.
Call centers and help desks,which once offered flexible,
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stable employment, are now beingreplaced with AI bots that can
simulate human empathy without asalary.
Even in hospitality,restaurants are using AI-powered
kiosks and robotic servers inplace of real staff, leaving
behind a trail of lost jobs andshattered routines.
So why are Black workers themost vulnerable?
It's not because we're lesscapable.
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It's because we've beenhistorically funneled into low
wage, high labor and lessprotected sectors that are now
being hollowed out.
Systemic racism in education,employment access and
generational wealth has longlimited our access to high-tech
fields, executive-level rolesand innovation spaces.
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When automation enters aworkplace, it doesn't just
remove people.
It replaces the roles that aremost repetitive and least
protected.
Unfortunately, those rolesoften reflect where we've been
pushed due to bias,discrimination and institutional
protected.
Unfortunately, those rolesoften reflect where we've been
pushed due to bias,discrimination and institutional
neglect.
And here's what makes it evenmore dangerous.
Many Black workers don't havethe safety net to fall back on
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if their job is suddenly taken.
We're talking about singleparents, caregivers and
essential workers whosefinancial lives are already
stretched thin.
Givers and essential workerswhose financial lives are
already stretched thin.
Losing a job isn't justinconvenient, it's devastating.
And when AI replaces a role, itdoesn't give two weeks notice,
it just updates.
But there's more.
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Studies show that AI systemsused in hiring and firing are
often trained on biased data.
That means, even as jobs shiftinto more digital spaces, black
applicants face a double bind.
We're being pushed out of theold economy and filtered out of
the new one.
When systems are built withoutour presence, we're either
invisible or inaccuratelyrepresented.
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Resumes with ethnic names, forexample, have already been shown
to get fewer callbacks.
Now imagine that biasmultiplied and coded into every
stage of digital recruitment.
That's not advancement, that'salgorithmic exclusion.
This is why awareness is nolonger optional.
If you're in a field that feelssafe, understand that even
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white-collar jobs are next.
Ai is now writing legalcontracts, creating marketing
strategies, producing music,editing video and even
interpreting lab results inhealthcare.
It's not about if you'll beimpacted, it's when, and the
only real defense is awareness,adaptation and ownership.
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Digital redlining how biased AIsystems are shaping who gets
hired, fired or ignored.
The most dangerous form ofdiscrimination isn't the one you
can see, it's the one hiddeninside code.
In the past, we could point toredlining maps that kept us out
of neighborhoods.
We could fight schoolsegregation, challenge workplace
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racism or organize againstvoter suppression.
But what do you do when thegatekeeper isn't a person, it's
a line of code?
What happens when decisionsabout your job, your loan, your
housing application, your healthcare, even your child's school,
are made by artificialintelligence systems trained on
biased data that reflecthundreds of years of structural
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racism?
That, my love, is the new faceof oppression Digital redlining.
And it's already here.
Let's break it down.
Ai doesn't think like a human.
It calculates based on patternsin the data it's given.
So when it's fed historicalemployment data, loan approval
records, housing demographics oreven resumes from the past,
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guess what it learns?
That white names get hired moreoften, that black neighborhoods
are high risk, that certain zipcodes don't deserve loans, that
historically, black womenweren't given executive roles,
that certain schools had lowertest scores, without ever asking
why.
These algorithms don'tunderstand context, they don't
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understand racism.
They just mimic what's beendone and do it faster at scale,
with the false appearance ofbeing neutral In hiring.
This is already devastating.
Companies use AI resume scannersto filter applicants, weeding
out candidates who don't fit thealgorithm's preferred mold.
But what if the system istrained on a company's existing
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employees, most of whom arewhite, ivy League educated and
male?
Anyone outside of that profile,especially Black candidates,
get flagged as less compatible,even if they have the same or
better qualifications.
Even if they have the same orbetter qualifications, ai
doesn't care about potential.
It's built to predict who fits,and too often we've never been
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given the chance to fit in thefirst place.
It doesn't stop there.
In the world of HR, ai is beingused to monitor productivity
and even make decisions aboutwho should be promoted or let go
.
Some companies use emotionrecognition software and even
make decisions about who shouldbe promoted or let go.
Some companies use emotionrecognition software in job
interviews to analyze facialexpressions and vocal tone.
But guess what?
These tools consistentlymisread darker-skinned
individuals interpreting us asmore aggressive, less
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enthusiastic or less trustworthythan our lighter-skinned peers.
That's not science.
That's digital racism with atech badge.
Let's talk about social mediaalgorithms.
Black creators have beendocumenting for years how their
content is suppressed,demonetized or removed, more
often than white creatorsposting similar or even more
graphic content.
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The same algorithms thatdetermine who gets visibility,
influence or income on theseplatforms are built without
cultural sensitivity oroversight.
What gets flagged as sensitiveor inappropriate is often rooted
in whiteness as the standard,from beauty filters that lighten
skin tones to language modelsthat flag African American,
vernacular English, AAVE asunprofessional.
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The tech is not just biased,it's colonized.
Even healthcare is affected.
Ai diagnostic tools used inhospitals have been shown to
underestimate the severity ofsymptoms in Black patients, and
predictive tools for chronicillness have flagged us as lower
priority for advanced treatment, even when symptoms are
identical.
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These are not glitches.
These are extensions of amedical system that has
historically mistrusted,misdiagnosed and mistreated us,
and now it's being automated.
And, what's worse, there'soften no way to appeal.
No human to talk to nosupervisor to escalate, to no
transparency into why a systemrejected your application or
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assigned you a lower score.
It's an invisible ceiling, atech-based Jim Crow gatekeeping
system dressed up in datascience.
So what do we do?
First, we name it Digital.
Redlining is real and we haveto stop treating technology as
neutral just because it'scomplex.
If it was built by people, itinherited their biases period.
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Second, we push for techaccountability.
We support legislation thatforces companies to audit and
disclose the biases in their AItools.
We advocate for transparencyand demand that diversity
doesn't stop at hiring.
It has to extend to the dataitself, the developers, the
policies and the way these toolsare deployed.
Third, we support black techcreators, coders and
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entrepreneurs.
We need to not only understandthe tools.
We need to build our own.
We need black-led innovationlabs, community tech hubs,
coding boot camps in ourneighborhoods and spiritual
warriors who are just as fluentin coding as they are in culture
, because the truth is this.
Ai is not going away in ourneighborhoods, and spiritual
warriors who are just as fluentin coding as they are in culture
, because the truth is this.
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Ai is not going away, butneither are we.
We are the generation thatcan't afford to be digitally
locked out of another economicrevolution, and if we don't rise
up and demand a seat at thedigital table, we'll find
ourselves fighting for scraps ina system that once again
profits from our exclusion.
Let this be the turning point,not just a warning but a call to
arms.
Let's educate, agitate,innovate and create technology
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that sees us, protects us anduplifts our brilliance, not
erases it.
Future-proof careers the fieldswhere Black talent can thrive in
a post-AI economy.
Now that we've exposed how thesystem is shifting and how it's
coded, with historical bias, weneed to move into the light of
possibility.
Yes, ai is replacing jobs, butthat doesn't mean all hope is
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lost.
In fact, many careers are notonly surviving the AI wave,
they're thriving because of it.
The key is knowing which ones,why they're resilient and how we
, as Black professionals, canposition ourselves to lead, not
lag, in the economy of 2026 andbeyond.
So let's break it down.
First and foremost, creative,strategic and high-empathy
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fields remain the leastvulnerable to automation.
Why?
Because no machine canreplicate the soul, the nuance,
the improvisational brillianceor the ancestral wisdom that we
bring to the table.
A I can write, but it can'tfeel.
It can analyze, but it can'ttruly understand.
So careers rooted in humanconnection, critical thinking
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and cultural storytelling arenot only safer, they're
essential.
Let's talk healthcare.
While some tasks are beingautomated, there is, and always
will be, a need for real humanhealthcare providers.
Nurses, mental healthcounselors, therapists, holistic
wellness practitioners, doulas,herbalists and community-based
healers are all vital roles thatrequire presence, compassion,
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cultural competency andintuition Skills AI simply
cannot duplicate.
For Black professionals,especially those interested in
holistic and ancestral medicine,this is a powerful area of
growth.
We need more Black therapists,more Black midwives, more
spiritual counselors andtrauma-informed healers.
These are recession-resistantand automation-resistant
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professions.
Then there's technology itself,and this is where the real
money is.
We must stop seeing tech astheir space and begin reclaiming
it as our own.
Coding, cybersecurity, datascience, ethical AI auditing, ux
docs, ui design, digitalmarketing and content creation
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are all areas where Blackbrilliance can flourish.
You don't need to be a mathgenius to learn Python or
JavaScript.
You need access, training andvision, and those are becoming
more available throughcommunity-led boot camps,
youtube university nonprofitcoding programs and Black tech
incubators.
Youtube University nonprofitcoding programs and black tech
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incubators.
The future belongs to those whocreate, not just consume.
So, instead of being replacedby the algorithm, learn to build
one, build the tools, build theplatforms, build the future.
Next, let's talk education andtransformation, one of the most
powerful areas of growth is incoaching, consulting,
facilitation and online teaching.
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Ai can feed you facts, but itcan't guide transformation.
Whether it's financial literacy, relationship coaching,
wellness, mentorship orspiritual guidance, people still
crave humans to help themchange their lives.
If you have knowledge, livedexperience and a heart for
teaching, this is your time topackage it.
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Turn your skills into e-books,digital courses, live workshops
or coaching programs.
Black-owned education platformsare rising and they're
recession-proof when built onservice, not hustle.
Let's not forget skilled tradesand hands-on work, which are
actually experiencing a shortagedue to over-automation
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elsewhere Electricians, solarpanel installers, hvac techs,
carpenters, plumbers, welders.
These are careers withsix-figure potential that AI
can't touch, and many of theseroles are ripe for Black
ownership.
Imagine not just working thetrade, but owning the business,
hiring your community andpassing it down.
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Another powerful path spiritualentrepreneurship.
This is for the healers, theintuitive ones, the energy
workers, herbalists, soundhealers and cultural workers who
are reclaiming ancestral wisdom.
Sound healers and culturalworkers who are reclaiming
ancestral wisdom.
I can't pray.
It can't touch the soul and ina world becoming more
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disconnected and anxious by theday, people are searching for
alignment, clarity and grounding.
That's where you come in,whether through astrology, ifa,
reiki, hoodoo or soul coaching.
Your gifts are not outdated,they're in demand and they
deserve to be compensated withvalue, not just applause.
And then there's media andcontent creation.
Yes, a, I can generate scripts,but it can't be you, it can't
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speak from your experience, itcan't carry your accent, your
rhythm, your culture, your story.
Black creators are buildingempires on YouTube, tiktok,
patreon and podcasting platforms, not because we're chasing
trends, but because we'recreating conversations that the
world needs to hear.
Your voice, your story, yourauthenticity is your brand, and
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authenticity cannot beduplicated by code.
Finally, let's talk ownership.
No job is truly safe if youdon't own the means of
production.
Whether you're a hairstylist, achef, a life coach or an AI
engineer, your real power comeswhen you build a brand, a
business or an ecosystem thatyou control.
Ownership is the ultimateprotection because, even if the
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industry shifts, you won't bescrambling for relevance.
You'll already be rooted inpurpose.
So, as the world changes, don'tjust ask what job can I get.
Ask instead what value can Ioffer that no machine can touch?
The answer is already in you.
The skills may evolve, thetools may shift, but your power,
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your voice, your story and yoursacred purpose are timeless the
Black Tech Uprising how to gettrained, funded and visible in a
biased industry.
It's time to stop asking for aseat at the table and start
building the damn table, because, while tech continues to
dominate the global economy,black communities are still
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fighting just to get through thedoor.
But here's the truth the tideis turning.
A quiet revolution is alreadyunderway and it's being led by
black coders, founders,developers, designers, ethical
hackers and digital storytellers, who are not only stepping into
tech spaces but reclaiming theentire narrative.
Still, we have to be honestabout the barriers.
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The tech industry remains oneof the most racially exclusive
fields.
In America, less than 7% oftech employees at major
companies like Google, apple andFacebook are Black, and even
fewer are in leadership roles.
Funding it's even worse.
In 2023, black startup foundersreceived less than 1% of
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venture capital funding.
That's not a gap.
That's intentional economicexclusion.
And yet we rise.
So how do we break into anindustry that was never built
for us?
We build from the inside andthe outside.
The inside strategy is accessFree and low-cost coding boot
camps, mentorship programs,scholarships and training
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initiatives that arespecifically for Black learners.
Platforms like ReskillAmericans, codepath, Black Girls
Code and Career Karma areremoving the financial barriers
and offering intensive,real-world tech skills skills
from full-stack development tocloud computing.
You can get certified without adegree.
You can learn Python, sql, ux,ui, cybersecurity and more from
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your phone, your tablet, yourkitchen table.
You just have to make thedecision to start the outside
strategy Ownership.
We're not just trying to work intech.
We're building our own tech.
Black-owned platforms,black-led crypto projects, ai
startups, fintech solutions,health tech innovations, gaming
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companies and creative agenciesare already popping up in
Atlanta, houston, oakland,chicago and beyond.
The tools are more accessiblethan ever.
Platforms like Bubble and Glidelet you build apps with no code
.
Canva, descript, notion andChatGPT let you create brands,
automate systems and runbusinesses solo.
And platforms like Fund, blackFounders, seed at the Table and
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Black Ambition are creatingpathways to real funding.
If the VCs won't fund us, wefund each other.
Visibility is the next weapon.
If the tech industry won'thighlight us, we shine a light
on ourselves.
Build your LinkedIn.
Show your process on TikTok.
Document your journey onYouTube.
Write about your mission onMedium.
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Share your wins, your lessons,your behind the scenes on Medium
.
Share your wins, your lessons,your behind the scenes.
Every tweet, every post, everyreel is a digital resume.
The world is watching, so givethem something to see.
And don't forget tech isspiritual too.
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Every time we code, we arespeaking a language of creation.
Every algorithm we correct,every app we build, every tool
we design is an ancestral act ofinnovation.
We come from builders, seers,inventors, oracles.
Innovation is in our DNA.
The future of black tech is notjust about money.
It's about liberation.
It's about building platformswhere our children don't have to
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change their names to get hired, where our ideas aren't stolen
and rebranded, where our dataisn't mined but monetized.
It's about rewriting the codeso that our voices, our culture
and our brilliance are bakedinto the architecture of the
future.
So if you've ever thought techwasn't for you, think again.
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There's room for the strategist, the dreamer, the organizer,
the healer, the educator, theartist.
You don't have to be a SiliconValley bro.
You can be you authentically,radically, brilliantly and still
build something that changesthe world.
Let this be your sign.
You don't need permission toenter the digital age on your
own terms.
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You just need a vision, a planand the courage to begin
Protecting Black wealth.
In the age of AI, what to save,what to learn, what to build?
We can't talk about survivingAI without talking about wealth,
because this next era won'tjust be a test of job skills.
It will be a test of economicstrategy, mindset and legacy.
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When industries collapse andautomation accelerates, those
with wealth aren't just buffered, they're empowered.
But for too many of us, wealthstill feels like a dream
deferred, a moving target or aburden passed down through
scarcity, survival and systemsthat were never designed for our
liberation.
But here's the hard truthWithout financial strategy, ai
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will widen the wealth gap, notjust between the rich and poor,
but between those who adapt andthose who don't.
And if we're not intentional,we will once again be locked out
of the ownership, access andequity required to thrive.
So what do we need to save,learn and build?
Let's start with what to save.
In this climate, emergencyfunds are no longer optional.
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They're essential.
With industry shifting androles disappearing overnight,
every dollar saved becomes alifeline.
If you're in a vulnerableindustry, aim to stash three to
six months of living expenses,cut subscriptions, trim the
excess and redirect that energytowards stability.
Remember, budgeting isn'tpunishment, it's preparation,
it's sacred foresight, it'sprotecting your peace in
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unpredictable times.
Next, we must rethink spendingas an act of alignment.
Every dollar we circulate iseither draining us or empowering
us.
Support Black-owned techplatforms, ethical brands and
digital learning tools that pourback into our ecosystems.
Spend on books, courses andsoftware that help you build,
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not binge.
Replace consumption withcreation.
If AI can make content 24-7,what will make your content,
your voice, your service standout?
The answer is presence,consistency, soul, and those
things require discipline,financial and spiritual.
Now let's talk about what tolearn In this economy.
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Your skills are your security,whether you're a teacher, a
healer, a chef or a creative.
Learn how AI is impacting yourindustry.
Stay curious.
Watch tutorials, sign up fornewsletters, take that free
course, test that new app,listen to business podcasts
while you cook.
Don't let fear paralyze you.
Let it activate you.
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Understand data.
Understand automation.
Understand automation.
Understand how to leverage itinstead of being crushed by it.
Learn how to write prompts.
Learn how to use tools likeChatGPT, canva, notion and
Teachable to streamline yourgifts.
Learn financial literacy.
Learn cryptocurrency, even ifjust at the basics.
Learn what generational wealthactually means, so you can pass
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more than just trauma forward.
Then comes the most powerfulquestion what are you building?
Are you building a brand or ahustle?
Are you building digital assetsor just digital noise?
Are you creating systems thatmake money while you rest, or
are you still exchanging hoursfor dollars with no long-term
plan?
Building doesn't always meanstarting a business.
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It might mean investing in yourchild's tech education.
It might mean co-buying landwith your siblings.
It might mean automating partof your income.
It might mean buying your firstvending machine, airbnb unit or
launching a high vibe ebookabout what you already know.
But you must build, because thepeople who will thrive in the
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AI economy are the ones who arecreating multiple streams of
intelligent, intentional income,and that includes digital
ownership.
Do you own your domain name?
Do you own your likeness, yourvoice, your data, the content
you post every day?
Can you monetize it or licenseit?
Because AI is already scrapingour culture, our slang, our
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images, our music to trainitself and profit, while we
remain unpaid, unprotected andunseen.
It's time to flip the script.
Your brand, your voice, yourmind those are assets.
Protect them like theintellectual property they are.
That means trademarks.
That means digital contracts.
That means using platforms thatpay you, not platforms that
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just play you.
Platforms that pay you, notplatforms that just play you.
Finally, protect your peace.
Wealth is not just numbers in abank.
It's the emotional, mental andspiritual alignment that allows
you to make wise decisions.
It's clarity in the chaos.
It's saying no to urgencyculture and yes to strategy.
Your nervous system can'tcreate when it's stuck in
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survival, so give yourself spaceto reset, reimagine and rise.
This isn't about fear.
This is about freedom and, inthis age of automation, your
ability to adapt is yoursuperpower.
Protect your wealth, expandyour mind, build something no
machine can take from you.
That that's the future wedeserve Preparing the next
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generation, teaching ourchildren to lead.
In the age of AI.
The most powerful legacy we canleave is not money.
It's mindset.
It's not just assets.
It's access to wisdom, tostrategy, to tools that prepare
the next generation to walk intorooms we were locked out of and
to build new rooms entirely.
The AI revolution isn't coming.
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It's already shaping yourchild's future, and the question
isn't whether they'll beaffected by it.
It's whether they'll own it orbe owned by it.
Let's be clear the childrenwe're raising today are the
first generation being shaped byartificial intelligence from
birth, from Siri to YouTubealgorithms, from chat GPT to
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virtual classrooms.
They are already interactingwith automated systems daily,
but interaction is not the sameas understanding.
Our babies can swipe a screenbefore they can spell, but are
they being taught how the screenworks?
Are they learning how to bemore than consumers of content
and instead becoming creators,coders, builders and critics of
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the very system shaping theirminds?
Because if we don't teach themhow to navigate this shift,
someone else will, and noteveryone has their liberation in
mind.
We must reimagine education, notjust in schools, but in our
homes.
Tech literacy must become asimportant as reading and writing
.
Financial literacy must becomeas normal as learning your ABCs
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and emotional literacy how toprocess change.
Fear, rejection, opportunity,failure and innovation must be
woven into their daily world,because the future will reward
flexibility, problem solving andauthenticity more than rote
memorization.
And we cannot allow ourchildren to walk into the next
economy carrying the samegenerational fear, trauma or
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self-doubt that was handed to us.
We must teach them how to owntheir gifts and monetize their
genius.
Whether they want to be digitalartists, youtubers, engineers,
herbalists, lawyers orentrepreneurs, there's a lane
for them.
Our job is to guide them towardit.
Remove the blocks and plantseeds.
They can grow into forests.
That means enrolling them incoding camps and STEM programs,
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even if you don't understand ityourself, enrolling them in
coding camps and STEM programs,even if you don't understand it
yourself.
That means exposing them toBlack inventors, entrepreneurs,
scientists and leaders in AI androbotics, so they know we exist
in these spaces and always have.
That means talking to themabout money, about credit, about
passive income and purpose, notwaiting until they're
struggling to teach themsurvival.
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That means celebrating theirideas, even the wild ones, and
showing them how to takesomething from thought to
blueprint to income stream.
We don't need more good students, we need free thinkers, and our
children are already born withthat light.
It's our job to protect it, andthis applies to more than just
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biological children.
Every child in our carestudents, mentees, little
cousins, community youthdeserves the wisdom we didn't
get.
The village must evolve because, while public schools are
debating textbooks,billion-dollar companies are
already training their AI withdata scraped from our kids'
online activity.
We need to be just as vigilantabout what they're learning and
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who is teaching it.
It's time to prepare them forcareers that don't exist yet, to
help them see their imaginationas capital, to raise children
who don't fear AI but command it, who don't rely on systems but
build them, who know that beingblack, brilliant and digitally
fluent is not a contradiction.
It's a superpower.
So let's give them the tools.
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Teach them how to learn, notjust what to learn.
Show them how to question,innovate and solve.
Introduce them to platforms,software and business models
that let them earn, express andexperiment.
Encourage global thinking,ancestral wisdom and business
models that let them earn,express and experiment.
Encourage global thinking,ancestral wisdom and the ability
to pivot with purpose, becausepreparing them isn't about
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pressure, it's about power, it'sabout handing them the compass
to navigate a world we may neverfully see, but one that our
choices will shape for them.
We are the bridge between theancestors and the algorithms.
Let us not waste this sacredassignment the divine strategy
aligning spirit, skill andsurvival in the new age.
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No matter how fast the worldspins, no matter how advanced
the technology becomes, onetruth remains Our spirit is
eternal.
And in this age of AI,automation and digital
acceleration, survival alone isnot enough.
What we are truly seeking isalignment, where our spiritual
purpose, our skill set and oureconomic power become one
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unified force, because the realflex isn't just adapting to the
times, it's commanding them withclarity, culture and divine
instruction.
It's commanding them withclarity, culture and divine
instruction.
This age demands strategy.
But for us, strategy is notjust spreadsheets and software.
Strategy is spiritual, it'sancestral, it's intuitive.
It's knowing when to speak andwhen to move in silence.
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It's building a business planand lighting a candle.
It's trusting your instinct asmuch as your data.
It's waking up and asking yourori what is in divine alignment
for me to create today?
It's pouring into your skillswhile pouring libation for those
who walked before you.
It's not either or it's both.
And this is the divine strategy, one that centers wholeness,
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not hustle.
We are not meant to be burntout, digital slaves trying to
keep up with the algorithm.
We are meant to be calibrated,conscious and called to build
systems of freedom, notdependency.
And that means remembering thesacred in everything you do,
whether you're launching a techstartup, writing a book, selling
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herbal tinctures, offeringhealing work or raising children
.
Make sure it's rooted inintention, make sure your work
feeds your soul, not just yourschedule, because in the chaos
of innovation, peace isrevolutionary.
So how do we align in this newage?
First, you start with your Ori,your inner divine self, your
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blueprint.
You ask what am I uniquely hereto build, teach, shift or
protect?
You check in, you listen, youalign your work, with your
values.
Then you activate your egg bay,your spiritual network, the
souls you're aligned with acrosstime and space, your ancestors,
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your higher self, your unseenallies.
You don't walk into the futurealone.
You walk in with your squad,both physical and spiritual.
Next, you get clear on yoursacred skills.
What do you do with ease thatothers find difficult?
What lights you up?
What solves a real worldproblem?
This is not the time forimposter syndrome.
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This is the time for impostershedding.
Own your brilliance, own yourevolution.
The world doesn't need anothercopy.
It needs your originalfrequency.
And then you move with grace,with strategy, with purpose.
You build, you invest, youstudy, you stretch, you automate
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what drains you and amplifywhat feeds you.
You trust divine timing withoutfalling into passive waiting.
You partner with the ancestors,the algorithms and your own
inner power to make decisionsthat protect your peace while
expanding your prosperity.
The AI economy may change jobs,it may shift industries, but it
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cannot replace your divineassignment.
Your energy, your presence,your legacy cannot be downloaded
or outsourced.
And that, my love, is yourprotection, that is your
leverage, that is your wealth.
You are the intersection ofinnovation and inheritance.
You are your ancestors'unbroken code and every time you
choose alignment over fear,clarity over chaos and purpose
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over panic, you are building thefuture we've been praying for.
Let this episode be yourblueprint, your battle cry and
your blessing, not just tosurvive 2026, but to command it
with vision, to guide yourfamily, your community, your
lineage and your soul into thenext chapter with wealth,
wellness and unwavering clarity,because it's not just about
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what careers will survive.
It's about who we choose tobecome in the face of change.
Thank you for walking with methrough this powerful
conversation.
If this episode sparkedsomething in you, whether it was
a sense of urgency, clarity orinspiration, don't just sit on
it.
Share this with someone youlove, someone who's navigating
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this digital shift, someonewhose future deserves to be
fortified with truth, not fear.
Make sure you're subscribed toLife Points with Rhonda on your
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life, love, elevation.
Thank you, you.
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