Why BlackEduPreneur Exists

For generations, we have been told:

“Get over slavery. It was centuries ago.”

But the truth is this, Black Americans were enslaved from 1619 to 1865.
And from 1865 to 1965, we were legally “free” — but denied the rights, protections, and dignity of full citizenship.

For 100 years after slavery ended:

• Law enforcement did not protect us
• Hospitals could turn us away
• Schools could segregate and underfund us
• Employers could refuse to hire us
• Courts could ignore our rights

That did not change until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

So while slavery ended 160 years ago, full legal citizenship for African Americans began only 60 years ago. That means many of today’s Black parents were raised by people who were never protected by the law — and who learned how to survive without safety, fairness, or justice.

But here is the truth most people do not want to face:

The systems did not change just because the laws did.

For decades, research has continually shown that:

• Black children spanning pre-K to 12th grade are disciplined more harshly than White children
• Black people continue to be killed by law enforcement at disproportionate rates.
  Black men and women continue to receive longer and harsher sentences in the courts.
• Black patients continue to have their pain dismissed and under-treated in hospitals.
• And in 2025 alone, more than 350,000 Black women were fired, laid off, or forced into early retirement with little to no protection.

These are not accidents. They are proof that the systems that once openly oppressed Black people have simply learned how to do it quietly.

That is why the survival patterns learned during slavery did not disappear when the laws changed.

They live in our nervous systems.
They live in our families.
They live in our children.

BlackEduPreneur exists because our suffering did not end when slavery ended — it adapted.

And until Black families have environments designed for healing, protection, and generational restoration, the cycle will continue.

The Three Pillars of BlackEduPreneur

BlackEduPreneur exists to help Black parents heal from historical wounds that have shaped family patterns, belief systems, and emotional inheritance. When we heal, we are able to provide our children with the love, support, and connectedness they need to withstand the pressures of they face each day.