Health and wellness” is not a choice. Coming from historically and systemically oppressed communities, we can not simply elect to “live well”. A health-conscious and sustainable way of life is deeply political. Particularly, Black health, wellness, and healing practices go against 500-year-old institutions founded in the intersectional death cults of capitalism, white supremacy, and colonialism. In systems so deep rooted in anti-blackness, it is only with perseverance and determination that Black people have maintained traditions and created innovative enriching healing practices and institutions.