Jeanette C. Espinoza
1 min readSep 14, 2021

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This is some harsh truth and I hope we all grow the stomach to swallow it and govern ourselves accordingly. I watched the Black community I was born in go from working with the Panthers to provide free breakfast for children and working together to keep money in our community to doing like my own parents eventually did, which was move to a White suburb for a "better" opportunity for their kids. As a result, I received an indoctrinated education and suffered from an identity crisis that followed me through school.

The trade-off isn't worth it. There's too much at stake and it's more than just about capitalism - it's about maintaining a sense of self-respect, our mental health, and the perseverance to succeed on our own as our ancestors did. This quote highlight is dead-on - White folk aren't thinking about conceding their power and we aren't unified enough to fight for it. You are the voice EVERYONE needs to be paying attention to, and I mean EVERYONE.

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Jeanette C. Espinoza
Jeanette C. Espinoza

Written by Jeanette C. Espinoza

Mom of 2 amazing humans | Author of 3 books, including Rock Your Crown - Amazon.com| Speaker | Activist | Creator of Jeanette’s Jewels www.jeanettecespinoza.com

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