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The Coping Tax: How High-Effort Coping Drains Black Health and Joy
I'm Ama-Robin, host of You Ain't Imagining This — the storytelling sanctuary where we name the chaos of living Black in white spaces and remember that we don't have to carry it alone.
In this episode, we sit on the porch with the fictional character, Mrs. Alberta Jenkins, a retired teacher and elder in our community, as she names something many of us know but rarely say out loud: the coping tax.
The coping tax is the high-effort coping we pay every day just to exist in spaces that weren't built for us. It's the price that shows up in our bodies, our spirits, and our peace of mind.
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