Nurah Speaks

Do not let your guard down with COVID-19. Although we are nearing a year with this pandemic, it is no less severe an illness. We should continue employing the preventative measures to maintain our protection from the virus.

•Wear a mask

•Maintain physical distancing

•Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water

•Avoid crowds and confined spaces.

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Today marks the third anniversary of Nurah Speaks! 

I am extremely humbled and grateful to have been blessed with such a special opportunity for the last three years.

Although my studio has had some changes, my equipment has changed, the goal of this production has not. Love is still the foundation and the goal remains to tug on the soul and consciousness of the Black Community.

In these quick three years, I have learned so much and I hope that you, my listeners, have been learning along the way with me. “Thank you” for all of your support and encouragement. It has been an honor to serve you in this way and I am eager for what the next three years will bring.

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What a clever, clever trick it was to convince the dominant that the dominant is recessive and that the recessive is dominant!  And as a result, we witness the dominant having with a recessive mindset and functioning with recessive behaviors.

What is the evidence of our recessive mindset?  Low Self Esteem.   Insecurity.   Dependency.   Apathy.   Self Hatred.

If we do not unlock our latent genius for the purpose of self love and self service, our progress will forever be limited.  It is through education and learning the knowledge of self that we will recognize our own excellence and begin functioning with the distinction that is rightfully ours.

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Now that we have decided who is going to Washington D.C., let’s get to the business of solving problems closer to home.  

What is our agenda?  What plans are we making for our own communities?   Have we given this any thought?

In whatever plans we make, I believe we should begin with these four steps:

Love One Another:

We need to discharge of ego and self hatred and return to Black Love.

Clean Up:

We should throw away the garbage that distorts our reality, physically and mentally.

Create Institutions that serve our Common Good:

We need healthcare providers who care, listen and treat us with dignity.  We need schools wherein we are not concerned that our children are learning to be inferior.

Support One Another Economically:

We should be conservative in our spending and do business with each other.  We shouldn't look for others to do for us what we can do for ourselves.

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Gossip is toxic and impacts the growth potential of your organization and its members.  If you want your organization, company or group to flourish, you must root out gossip. 

In this episode, I share four reasons why people gossip.  Understanding a gossip's motivation can help leaders target the character building a member needs to become an essential agent rather than a source of disruption.  However, since character is an inside job, a leader can only have so much impact.  

At some point, a gossip must be isolated from doing irreversible damage to the group's overall success.  

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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Some say, “I am not my ancestors!”  Often this suggests weakness or complicity in our ancestors in their own suffering.   However, I say, you are right -  you are not your ancestors because in fact some of us are our ancestors’ worst fears come true.

In projecting their thoughts to the future, surely they’d never have imagined the complacency some of us have in our condition, our willful assassination of our own, our disunity, our selfishness or our manifest self hatred.

I imagine they'd expect the pain of our existence to eventually end but who could have predicted we would be the greatest source of our own harm?

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It obstructive thinking to assume that someone whose success you admire could not relate to your own struggles.  Do not let the polish that someone has, likely from years of refinement and training, put you off from opportunities to learn and grow into who you wish to become.

Do seek help from those who are where you want to be. Their talent and their polish is the testament that qualifies you to seek their wisdom and their guidance.  Don't let your own fears and insecurity get in the way of your personal and professional growth.

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Megan Thee Stallion and other Black entertainers give mixed messages when pushing for social justice and protection of Black women while singing lyrics and showcasing behaviors that promote the exact opposite. 

These are conversations we must have. 

We must call out these dichotomies because them saying one thing but promoting and profiting from the other is disingenuous and misleading.

Choose a lane. We cannot be for Black women’s empowerment and protection yet degrade Black women at the same time and say that we want what’s best for Black women. 

Our actions are telling a different story.

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Gentrification is a frequent topic of social justice conversations among academics, urban planners and social activists.  In short, gentrification is the upgrading of dilapidated property and deteriorated neighborhoods which often results in the displacement of lower income residents.

Often, it is white and affluent suburbanites returning to cities after the white flight of the 60’s and 70’s when whites moved out of cities to outlying suburbs. 

When whites left, there was also a major depletion of industry, jobs, property values and in general local investment.  This resulted in unemployment, poverty and spikes in crime rates.

In this episode, I question if there was anything that Blacks could have done differently in urban centers to prevent the deterioration of our communities. 

As we are now facing the reclamation of cities by middle class, affluent and mostly white investors, are we now being confronted with our own lack of action resulting in this current vulnerability?

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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None more than black folk use the phrase, “I’m just doing me.” However there are limits to individualism.   Individualism restricts growth and minimizes progress.   While group activity is a necessary part of life, it is essential for the function of society. 

Group activity and associations can enhance our communication skills, broaden our perspectives, improve character and so much more.

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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To bring Nurah as a speaker at your next event, email [email protected]

Remember, don’t just Join the Movement, Be the Movement!