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Your Bank is Not Your Friend: Where You Save Matters
The financial system in America has a long, documented history of excluding and exploiting Black communities

karissajaxon
Aug 84 min read
Black Wealth ≠ Black Assimilation: Why building wealth doesn’t mean becoming who we were never meant to be.
For generations, success in America has been quietly measured by how far we can distance ourselves from our Blackness. A better neighborhood meant a whiter one

karissajaxon
Aug 14 min read


You Can’t Buy Freedom from the Same People Who Sold You
The commodification of Black bodies was not a tragic footnote in the rise of the U.S. economy. It was the blueprint.

karissajaxon
Jul 253 min read


What They Don’t Teach You About Black Wall Streets
True liberation starts in the mind. Integration taught us to seek validation. Liberation teaches us to seek vision.

karissajaxon
Jul 184 min read


Who Really Benefits from Diversity?
If diversity is the goal, why do Black neighborhoods still lack adequate investment when all other ethnic neighborhoods don’t?

karissajaxon
Jul 114 min read


Integration vs. Liberation: What Black Americans Actually Needed
Access means being allowed into someone else’s space. Ownership means building your own.

karissajaxon
Jul 45 min read


Black Wealth Is Not a Dream. It’s Our Birthright
We’ve Been Wealth. We’ve Built Wealth. Before we ever owned stock, we were stock. Bought, sold, and exploited as capital, Black people...

karissajaxon
Jun 275 min read


Integration Wasn’t the Win We Thought It Was
For decades, we’ve celebrated integration as the climax of the Civil Rights Movement. Images of school children walking hand-in-hand and...

karissajaxon
Jun 203 min read


Tulsa Wasn’t the Only Black Wall Street
Introduction I often hear Black Americans say, “Whenever we try to build anything, ‘they’ tear it down.” While this statement holds some...

karissajaxon
Jun 1323 min read


Group Economics or Bust: Buying Black Is a Necessity, Not a Trend
What Is Group Economics? Group economics is the practice of a community intentionally circulating its money within its own...

karissajaxon
Jun 65 min read


From Cotton to Control: Reclaiming Our Economic Power
We picked the cotton. We built the railroads. We laid the foundation of America’s wealth. But when it came time to reap the benefits, we were locked out.

karissajaxon
May 307 min read


The Revolution Is About to Be Televised
When Kendrick Lamar took the stage at Super Bowl LIX and declared, “The revolution is about to be televised,” he said a lot in one sentence.

karissajaxon
Feb 1311 min read


Building Generational Wealth Through Budgeting: A Guide for Black Americans
What if budgeting was seen not as a limitation, but as a tool for liberation?

karissajaxon
Dec 30, 202418 min read


End of an Oppressive Era: The Fall of White Supremacy and The Rise of Black Empowerment (PYOC)
Our history doesn't begin in slavery, nor is it confined to systemic oppression. We are not merely survivors of history; we're the authors.

karissajaxon
Dec 21, 202431 min read


The Power of Collective Economics: Reviving Black Wall Street in the Digital Era
Every dollar you spend is a vote for the world you want to see. Vote Pro-Black.

karissajaxon
Dec 19, 202413 min read
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