Mythbusting

As we move from processing and transforming trauma into truth-seeking, we must reckon with the lies, myths, and un-realities that structure what we think we know about finance—and how what we think we know can lead us astray, even compounding or compacting harm and extraction. 

Inspired by Dr. Jared Ball’s The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power, we’ll learn how to face and unpack narratives that serve to conscript and constrict our communities, and figure out how to lead ourselves towards wealth-building strategies that center our agency and power. 

Through a two-part workshop series led by Dr. Jared Ball and a collective Talk Back space, join us this march as we will move from myth toward financial agency.

3.4: Black Buying Power: Myth or Fact? (Part I) | RSVP

The first workshop of a two-part series led by Dr. Jared Ball, author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power, introduces us to the monthly theme Mythbusting, by centering our communities’ economic realities that have shaped popular messaging about financial literacy in Black America. What are these myths, and why do they persist? Together we will examine how these narratives are constructed, sustained and circulated. 

3.11: Talk Back: From Mythbusting to Worldbuilding | RSVP

In this new addition to Ujima Wednesdays, we will be reflecting on the workshops we’ve had so far in this Together: Organizing for Financial Governance series. From our personal relationships to finance to myths we’ve learned, we will dig a little deeper and understand what strategies we can engage in collectively to myth bust and invite new possibilities.  

Join the first workshop to get a more full experience or watch the recap video on our Youtube page after March 4. 

3.18: Black Buying Power: From Myth to Financial Agency (Part II) | RSVP

The second workshop of a two-part series, led by Dr. Jared Ball, invites us back to think critically about deconstructing the myths of our economic realities and build towards strategies that center our agency and power.

After March 4, watch the recording, Black Buying Power: Myth or Fact? Part I, on Youtube here.

Facilitator Bio:

Jared A. Ball is a Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. and author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power (Palgrave, 2020 / 2nd Edition, 2023). Ball is also host of the podcast “iMiXWHATiLiKE!”, he can be found @imixwhatilike on most social media, and his decades of emancipatory journalism, media, writing, and political work can be found at imixwhatilike.org.