Episode #270 – February 21, 2026 – “Our culture beautiful, battle-tested and tough, we had enough-So you either come with some change or it's gon' be rough-Period"

Rational Black Thought · Feb 21, 2026 · 1h 35m

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I am your host, Neo Griot, and this is Episode 270 of the Rational Black Thought Podcast.

This week’s title comes from Dame D.O.L.L.A.’s song “Blacklist”: “Our culture beautiful, battle-tested and tough, we had enough-So you either come with some change or it's gon' be rough-Period.”

That’s the report. And the report says: we’re out of time for talk. It’s time for us to stop talking and start building. And to start that process, we start with ourselves. Because before we can have a community of Black people moving in the same direction, we need Black individuals on the same…