In this powerful episode of The Visionary’s Vault, we confront the lingering architecture of colonialism; its laws, its lies, and its grip on how we see ourselves and each other. This episode opens with an original poem, A Conversation with Malcolm X, a raw and urgent meditation on democracy, disillusionment, and the cost of erasure. Through verse, I ask Brother Malcolm what he’d make of a nation still peddling progress while locking the doors to justice.From there, we journey across borders. I explore how British colonialism shaped the foundations of American democracy to exclude, criminalize, and commodify Black life. From slave codes and redlining to mass incarceration and educational inequity. Then my brother Christian joins from Canada to unpack the French and British colonial legacy north of the border: the silencing of Black and Indigenous history, the politics of exclusion, and the ongoing fight for truth and representation in a country that still clings to the ideal of “keeping Canada British.”This episode is not just about history; it’s about inheritance. About what it means to live in systems never designed for our freedom, and what it takes to name the blueprint before we can rebuild. Colonialism didn’t die, it upgraded. And we feel its weight every day in our schools, in our policies, in our fight to simply be seen.We’re not just resisting oppression. We’re reclaiming memory. Rewriting what it means to be free. The question remains: If the system was never meant for us, what will we build in its place?This is more than history. This is a call to action.🔊 Tune in now. Reflect, remember, and most importantly, act.📅 Next episode drops April 12th. Don’t miss it.

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