05/09/2025
It really should be studied, how people can build you up, then take pride in tearing you down.
took to the internet, as she does daily, to share an encouraging word. This time, she spoke on entrepreneurship, reminding folks that if things aren’t going as planned, it’s okay to get a job to keep yourself and your family afloat.
Nowhere in that video did she belittle anyone. She didn’t say people were a burden. She didn’t speak down. She simply shared her own journey, including the jobs she worked just to keep her end of the bills paid. Let’s not forget, the world was first introduced to her while she was driving Uber!
Yet the think pieces of outrage began rolling in. From people saying they unfollowed her months ago because she “talks down,” she thinks to highly of herself, and the wildest one, someone saying she’s telling people to get a job while wearing diamond bracelets and Gucci. Wait… what?
This is what happens when comprehension is replaced with criticism. Some people sit quiet, waiting for their moment to jump in. They stay dormant until there’s a slip, a message, or even just a misunderstanding, then rush out of the woodwork to tear someone down.
Tabitha Brown was encouraging entrepreneurs that it’s okay to work while you build. That’s wisdom, not arrogance.
A woman we’ve all watched come up, who walked through some of the same struggles, now being treated like she can’t relate or speak on it? That’s wild.
