✊🏾 TRUSIC Thoughts: “The Truth About How & Who Is Keeping Us Under Pressure”
- TRUSIC WORLD
- May 23
- 3 min read
🎙️ An Interview with Professor James Small
What does it mean to be under pressure? Not just financially or emotionally—but historically, spiritually, and psychologically?
In this kick off edition of TRUSIC Thoughts, SES Vth sits down with legendary Pan-African scholar and elder, Professor James Small, to break down the roots of that pressure—who’s behind it, how it’s maintained, and what we must do to rise above it.
This conversation is a masterclass in historical clarity, cultural pride, and revolutionary solutions.
💣 Who’s Controlling the Pressure?
According to Professor Small, a specific and historically influential white ethnic and religious group controls the majority of media in America—not just the news, but the full cultural ecosystem: movies, music, publishing, education, and even the public perception of Black people worldwide.
“This isn’t just media. This is mind control. This is propaganda.”
Black people are shown through the most degraded lens: inner-city violence, broken families, poverty. Rarely are we shown as homeowners, scholars, business owners, or the millionaires and innovators we truly are. And this narrative control has global consequences, from how the diaspora is perceived in Africa to how Africans are depicted in the U.S.
Meanwhile, modern African cities—full of beauty, technology, and infrastructure—are suppressed in media. Why? Because the truth disrupts the lie.
💡 Black Wealth Is Real—They Just Don’t Show It
Despite the negative imagery, Professor Small emphasizes a hard fact: Black people in America are one of the richest populations on Earth, spending more than $1.8 trillion annually, with tens of thousands of Black millionaires across the country.
"You think we're broke because that’s the picture they keep painting. But we’re building. Quietly. Powerfully."
That wealth, when redirected with purpose, is the key to flipping the pressure into power.
🧬 The Real Contributions They've Hidden
From Lewis Latimer’s carbon filament and telephone designs to the Black inventors behind traffic signals, elevators, medical breakthroughs, and more, the technologies that define American life are Black technologies.
Professor Small reminds us: "America doesn’t exist without us. Period." But those names are erased from textbooks. Their contributions absorbed into someone else's legacy.
📈 How We Rise: The Blueprint
Professor Small lays out a clear, four-part strategy for Black people to not only survive—but dominate the landscape we’re in:
1. Control Your Narrative & Image
Tell your own stories. Document your history. Create your own media. Your community deserves to be seen in its fullness—not just when it bleeds.
2. Control Your Economics
Own land. Start businesses. Provide food, safety, and services for your people. Stop supporting those who don’t reinvest in your communities.
3. Control Your Education
Whether it’s college, trades, or apprenticeships—control the learning environment for yourself and especially your children.
4. Control Your Community Services
Become the firefighters, the police, the EMTs. Not just for jobs—but to protect your own and reclaim local infrastructure.
🛡️ Final Word: The Pressure Stops When We Say So
Professor Small closes with a truth that cuts through all the noise:
“You don’t have to ask permission to be free. You just have to get organized.”
The pressure we face—from media, economics, and education—is real. But the only way it continues is if we allow it.
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s SES Vth says in the intro, “Pressure either breaks you—or makes you stronger.”Let this conversation be your map to power.
📺 Watch the full interview now:👉 “The Truth About How & Who Is Keeping Us Under Pressure” – TRUSIC Thoughts ft. Professor James Small
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