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Ebony L. Green, known as The Ratchet Sage™ of Authentic Distinction™, is a dynamic force in advocacy, education, and cultural commentary. As a thought leader and unapologetic changebuilder, she disrupts anti-human, failing systems with a powerful blend of wisdom, insight, and raw truth.
Ebony is a systems mechanic, strategist, and sacred structure builder who works with changemakers—coaches, freelancers, and solopreneurs—to rebuild the broken systems that keep them stuck.
Ebony’s philosophy is simple yet powerful: You’re not failing—the system is. Her work focuses on designing liberation-rooted infrastructure that honors her clients’ truth, capacity, and brilliance, rather than forcing them into business models that were never built for them. By leveraging her signature frameworks—like SystemsSight™, Authentic A.S.S.™ Infrastructure, and Actionable Safe Spaces™—she guides changemakers through building resilient, anti-hustle systems that work for their brains and their lives.
‣ In her recent response to a disturbing pattern of boundary violations and the fetishization of Black women’s labor, Ebony showcased the same principles she applies in her work: calling out broken systems, refusing to gaslight marginalized voices, and demanding a more human-centered approach. Her response was a demonstration of how to confront systemic issues directly while advocating for truth and transformation. Her approach, grounded in radical honesty and accountability, not only calls out the problematic dynamics but also calls in those who are ready to engage, learn, and grow.
In this video, Ebony shared insights into the systemic issue of performative guilt and the dangerous normalization of harassment masked as accountability. She unpacked the nuanced realities of how systems twist Black women’s strength into a spectacle for white guilt and desired discomfort disguised in warped reparations—challenging us all to reconsider how we approach boundaries, consent, and accountability in every space we inhabit. 💎
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I will not accept, encourage, or sponsor any judgment toward the humans in this #SystemsRant™—all offense goes to the failing systems at play. My focus is on dismantling the structures that keep us stuck, not shaming the people caught up in them. - The Ratchet Sage™
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The video confronts the performative nature of white guilt, the fetishization of Black women’s boundaries, and the extraction of labor under the guise of accountability.
The Ratchet Sage™ calls out a LinkedIn pattern where white men like Michael Stefanek turn guilt into a submission fantasy, pushing Black women to become both their educators and emotional labor providers. She highlights the cycle of praise, escalating DMs, and donations dangled like carrots to escape true accountability.
This conversation emphasizes boundary setting, the need to reject systems that normalize extraction and fetishization, and the broader impact of performative guilt on human dignity. It calls for real accountability, not performative gestures, and centers Black women’s agency and brilliance.
Sister Citizen: Shame Stereotypes and Black Women in America
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in …
There is to be no judgment towards the humans involved in this; all offense goes to the failing systems at play…
Fetishization of Black Women’s Boundaries and Labor
The Extraction of Emotional and Intellectual Labor
Centering the Failing System, Not the Human
Black Women’s Boundaries Are Non-Negotiable
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Real-Time Accountability Workbook
Ready to turn discomfort into growth? This is your playbook to stop spiraling & start strategizing in real time.
When people freeze, spiral, deflect, or shut down in moments of discomfort, it's often because the structures around them never taught them how to reflect, repair, or respond with intention. Struggling to navigate and activate real-time accountability isn’t a personal flaw—it’s a systems failure.
👉🏽 Learn how to handle accountability like a boss.
👉🏽 Tools to transform discomfort into growth.
Why Discomfort Isn't a Call to Silence: Lessons from Real-Time Accountability
Join Ebony L. Green (The Ratchet Sage™) and Fulei Ngangmuta (The Resourceful Liberator™) as they unpack why discomfort isn’t an excuse to avoid accountability. In this candid conversation, they break down how real-time accountability works, why defensiveness often shows up, and how to use discomfort as a tool for growth.
Key Takeaways:
Why discomfort doesn’t mean harm Navigating real-time accountability without silence How to move from defensiveness to curiosity
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"This isn’t about one person. This is about a system, a failing system that’s been allowed to run unchecked for far too long.”
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"This is about the performance of guilt and the fetishization of power shift, a system where white men like Michael Stefanek center their guilt, turning it into a performance where Black Womxn are expected to be both the audience and the educator.”
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"I said no. I gave him professional avenues—pay for labor, get coaching—and still he ignored that. He wasn’t looking for growth. He was looking for a performance.”
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"The pattern: praise for Black Womxn's resilience, offers of submission as reparations, private DMs that escalate from discomfort to harassment, and dangling donations like carrots to buy absolution.”
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"This isn’t about kink-shaming. This is about a system that teaches white men that their guilt and discomfort should center them—and obligate us as Black bodies, particularly Black Womxn.”
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"Michael is just one example. The system is the real culprit. A system where boundaries mean nothing, where harassment is disguised as growth, and where accountability becomes a performance instead of real change.”
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"I’m not here to fix him. I’m here to fix the system—to expose the entitlement, the boundary violations, the extraction of labor, and the normalization of Black Womxn's emotional and intellectual servitude.”
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"To every Black woman out there—your labor is sacred. Your boundaries are non-negotiable. Your brilliance isn’t up for consumption and we don’t owe anyone our time, our energy, or our safety.”