Happy #BlackMenSpeakSundays to the Uprooted Fam! This week my guy Fresh joined me to drop all the gems on the power of knowledge of self and his journey to getting there. It was a phenomenal convo going over our community structures, identity, career transitions, happiness, and love. So honored and thankful to Fresh for gracing our platform with his truth.
Timestamps:
3:00 how we meet and realized we had only 2 degrees of separation
5:00 unpacking the question ‘where you from’
7:00 the power of knowledge of self, and why it’s better late than never
9:00 what we thought Ethiopia was vs. what we’ve learned now
10:30 not validating your identity through others’ labels of you
13:00 demystifying our history and identity; drought vs. famine
15:30 unlearning and healing our community is the job of this generation
19:00 disconnected from our country & filling in missing pieces, how the internet changes things
24:00 recovering lost stories, finding out about a lost Uncle, and how our parents carried it all
27:00 how intergenerational trauma works
28:00 how our parents recreated our culture and community here
32:00 blood couldn’t make us thicker
34:00 growing up w/ deep love in our community
36:00 connecting w/ new community in Dallas
38:00 changing friend groups, and your core support
40:00 setting new boundaries, and fighting through the rough transitions
43:00 unpacking his transition to NY
45:00 taking a leap w/ a Facebook job ad
47:00 finding happiness and losing it
49:00 having a community to lean on
50:00 do it for love, not for money
55:00 be flexible in life
1:00:00 college is not for all
1:06:00 advice to younger folks; time flies, preserve and chase your happiness not money
1:09:00 what he’d like his legacy to be
