In this pivotal episode, Nikki Blak names what many liberation spaces avoid: money is the nucleus of every oppressive system we claim to oppose.
From anti-Blackness to white dominance, from colonial theft to modern-day funding inequities, the throughline has always been capital, access, and control.
This episode marks a clear evolution of Interrupting Everything.
After years of naming harm, interrogating ideology, and supporting people into more conscious activism as an artist, independent educator, and as a part of the Interrupt Series, Nikki announce a focused expansion: from Interrupting Everything to Interrupting Business as Usual.
Because survival isn't the revolution.
And mission-driven isn't enough.
In this episode, Nikki makes the case for Black liberation businesses.
Not just businesses owned by Black people, but businesses that actively resource liberation, redistribute wealth, center rest, and refuse extraction, urgency, and exploitation as operating principles.
You'll hear why:
Following the money reveals the real architecture of oppression
Anti-Blackness was created to justify theft of land, labor, and resources
Black businesses existing at all is miraculous, but thriving is revolutionary
DEI's collapse exposed the danger of outsourcing liberation to institutions that don't share our values
Capitalism isn't the goal, but strategy and resourcing are non-negotiable
Organizing, marketing, and mobilization share the same core principles
She also shares her personal journey back to business coaching as her first love, weaving together sociology, activism, marketing, and organizing to support entrepreneurs who want to build justice-rooted, well-resourced, sustainable businesses without replicating the violence of the system.
This episode lays the foundation for what's next:
Ethical, justice-rooted business offers
Marketing that doesn't exploit trauma
Money that flows with integrity
Boundaries that protect rest, care, and longevity
Frameworks instead of bootstraps
An ecosystem capable of holding liberation work with ease, impact, and style
Because the lie that we were meant to struggle dies every time a Black business thrives.
If you're ready to stop surviving and start building something that can actually carry the load, this episode is your invitation.
Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.
