Black FreeThinkers

By Black FreeThinkers

Society & Culture

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Black FreeThinkers episodes:

11.04.2023
Updates and Upcoming Shows
Raina and I just wanted to update you all about a new show we plan to launch before the end of the year.I will resume this podcast. The first book to tackle is "The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover" and...
07.15.2023
Touch not mine ...
We NEED to respond to Mandisa and the BN affiliates response (non-response). Mandisa always talks about hating hypocrites and she is the biggest hypocrite of them all. I guess accountability and responsibility are for everyone but her. I couldn't make...
04.08.2023
Religiosity and the mass incarceration system.
Please join Raina and Kim, Saturday, April 8, 2023 @ 1pm CDT, as they discuss religiosity and the mass incarceration system. Why isn't the secular community addressing these very real issues? https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/12/523603112/alabama-senate-says-church-can-start-its-own-police-force https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/2019/09/05/opinion-why-we-should-concerned-alabamas-new-church-police/2198705001/ https://www.missioalliance.org/church-complicity-mass-incarceration/ https://religionnews.com/2020/11/16/new-book-examines-evangelicals-complex-approach-to-mass-incarceration/ https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2017/10/13/christianity-race-and-mass-incarceration https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/07/17/religious-ideals-shaped-broken-us-prison-system-can-they-also-fix-it https://lawliberty.org/book-review/did-evangelicals-shape-americas-mass-incarceration/ https://truthout.org/articles/faith-communities-must-stop-funding-programs-that-reinforce-mass-incarceration/ https://abolitionjournal.org/mass-incarceration-is-religious-and-so-is-abolition/ https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice/ending-mass-incarceration-christian-imperative https://emi.odyssey-impact.org/ https://www.scranton.edu/faculty/dammerh2/ency-religion.shtml#:~:text=For%20centuries%2C%20churches%20were%20among,while%20being%20isolated%20from%20others.
02.04.2023
He that beats the drum for the madmans dance isno better than the madman himself
We don't even know where to begin, but we sure as hell know where it stops.
01.24.2021
How many problematic whypipo do the Democrats need to 'feel comfortable'?
Please join us as we discuss the current political and cultural climate in this country. The Democrats are pushing a theme of unity and outreach. We can't afford to allow them to brush over what has taken place in this country...
01.15.2021
Conversation w/Dr. Jeffrey Perry: Hubert Harrison: Black Griot
Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry (Jeff Perry) is an independant, working class scholar. formally educated at Princeton, Harvard, Rutgers, and Columbia. Volume 2 of his Hubert Harrison biography entitled "Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927" (Columbia University Press) was recently published in November...
01.10.2021
When someone shows you who they are believe them!
When someone shows you who they are believe them! There's nothing cryptic about that statement coined by Maya Angelou. It's the truth! We have been warning you about the dangers and pathology of whiteness. Yet, you continue to tell us that...
12.30.2020
Festivus, martyrs, and be best
Join us as we recap 2020. There's so much to unpack and understand. Where do I start? What do we do? Who is responsible for everything that happened? How do we move forward? Is 2021 going to be better?
09.30.2020
We. Are. NOT. Friends.
Please join us tonight at 5pm CST as we discuss relationships, the election, mainstream organizations and movements, and life in general. We predicted the 2016 election and we have thoughts about this one and it ain't looking good. What the hell...
09.13.2020
Why are you so surprised?
Please join us Sunday as we discuss what is happening in America and American politics. Why are you so surprised? These people tell you and show you exactly who they are. You choose not to believe them. We continue to appeal...
09.06.2020
White lies, whitelash, and black lives in the balance
Please join us Sunday at 1pm cdt as we discuss white lies, whitelash, and black lives. History repeats itself and what we're currently experiencing is the time proven playbook of white people not being able to trick us into silence, obedience,...
08.30.2020
Dear Black Church: Is tRump the REAL deal?
Please join us Sunday at 1:00pm cdt. Dear Black Church: Is tRump the REAL deal? I have some questions for you. I've been noticing the uptick in support from the Black church for tRump and I'm a tad bit curious about this...
08.27.2020
The Politics of being a GOOD person
Please join us Wednesday at 6PM CDT as we discuss the politics of being a good person. Why are so many people obsessed with being seen as a good person?How does this play into respectability and civility politics?Why is it the...
08.23.2020
Time for change
Please join us as we discuss why it's a time for change. We must understand that we're all different and that's fine. However, we can't forget that even though we're different, we're still subjected to the same laws and treatment...
08.19.2020
Thinking Thoughts And Feeling Feelings
Please join us Wednesday at 6:00PM CDT as we talk about a number of issues that are being discussed in the black community. We'll talk about black influencers and their roles. How to tell the difference between posers and those who...
08.16.2020
A Race To White Mediocrity
Please join us Sunday at 1:00pm CDT as we discuss a variety of topics. Biden/Harris 2020 Is the Black community obligated to support the Democrats? How did they get our support in the first place? What exactly are the Democrats going to do for...
08.02.2020
The Bell is Tolling
Please join us as we discuss current events and what brought us to this point.
07.08.2020
Nothing has changed
Please join us as we discuss how nothing has changed in many of these communities. They shift or regroup. Beware of the people who claim that things are changing and that we should wait and have 'faith' that things are...
06.02.2020
Atheist community, what are you doing?
Atheist organizations and so called leaders are doing what they do best...absolutely nothing! Where are the statements condemning racism, police murders, vigilante lynch mobs harassing black folks, tRump declaring war on the protesters, etc.? Yet you want us to join your ranks...
05.10.2020
Slave Patrols, Lynchings, and Slavery in the Era of tRump
Please join us Sunday as we discuss the Coronavirus and it's impact on Black communities. Not only are we expected to maintain our daily lives (stress, illness, family life, finances, and much more), we are expected to continue to endure...
03.29.2020
Land of the Greed and Home of the Slaves
Please join us this Sunday at 1PM CS as we discuss the coronavirus and its impact on black and brown communities. People are hoarding and falsely prescribing medications that are critical to people with immuno-comprised systems. tRump is demanding that...
03.22.2020
United States of Anxiety: Reset
Please join us Sunday at 2PM CST as we discuss our current state of affairs in America. Resources to help you through these trying times. Perfect storm of infectious diseases, no anti-virus, siphoning medications used by at risk groups, stock market plunge,...
03.15.2020
Neoliberalism, 2020 Election, Coronavirus, and Americanism.
Please join Jacob Eaton and myself today as we discuss Neoliberalism, 2020 Election, Coronavirus, and Americanism. We'll be discussing a myriad of different views about why this happening at this time. You can join the conversation by dialing 310-982-4273 and press...
03.01.2020
Whypipo whiting and going in circles
Please join us Sunday as we discuss the great kakistocracy taking place in America. George Clinton says, "For the dog that chases its tail will be dizzy." This is what's happening to whypipo in America. Many of them are trying to figure...
02.16.2020
Dear Black Church: Making it rain for Jesus
Please join us Sunday at 1PM CST as we discuss how Michael Bloomberg and Donald Trump are making it rain for Jesus. I reckon that these two billionaires, well one billionaire and the other one plays one on reality television,...
02.09.2020
Progressives, Democrats, and a swarm of flies.
Please join us as we discuss Progressives, Democrats, and the swarm of flies that are buzzing around. Some people say that you can get more flies with honey than vinegar. Truthfully, you can attract the most flies with big, steamy piles...
01.19.2020
2020: The Year of "Be Best!"
Please join us as we kickoff 2020: The Year of "Be Best!" It's of my opinion that this should be a superlative year. Good is not good enough, better is not good enough, we must strive to 'be best.' I'm taking...
01.08.2020
Conversation with Shawnee Williams & Illinois Equity Staffing
Please join us as we welcome Shawnee Williams of Illinois Equity Staffing. Marijuana is now legalized in Illinois and several states. We want to inform you how to become an equity partner and owner of a dispensary, become an infuser,...
01.05.2020
New Perspectives
Happy New Year! It's so much to talk about. I'm not even sure where to start. Please feel free to call in. I'm going to talk about current events, reparations, the cheddar tater tot, and more. I may shed some light...
12.08.2019
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes... What's really happening in this country? What's going on with Kanye? Communes, Bibles, Pimping ain't easy ...Black tax ...White pathology ...White Christians ...Anti-blacknessEtc Let's talk about it.
11.30.2019
In Conversation with Dr. annalise fonza
In Rebuilding Black Communities, With Love, Dr. Annalise Fonza summarizes what she has learned about the rebuilding of former black ghettos and predominantly black neighborhoods and communities in urban cities. It is both, a proposal and a love letter that...
11.20.2019
Conversation with Dr. Christopher Cameron (Author of Black Freethinkers)
Please join us as we welcome Dr. Christopher Cameron back to the show. We will discuss his new book, "Black Freethinkers: A History of African American Secularism (Critical Insurgencies)." You can purchase his book on Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Northwestern...
11.17.2019
Worldwide White Christian Terrorism Pt 2
Are you paying attention to what's happening around the world? The uprisings, rebellions, protests, and revolutions are happening and the mainstream media has been virtually silent. Why is that? Will the American people ever stand up for themselves? Are you...
11.10.2019
Worldwide White Christian terrorism and Kanye, too. Pt. 1
Are you paying attention to what's happening around the world? The uprisings, rebellions, protests, and revolutions are happening and the mainstream media has been virtually silent. Why is that? Will the American people ever stand up for themselves? Are you...
10.13.2019
Not your kind of ...
Sorry, not sorry. I'm not your kind of ... black friend that you trot out when you're called outblack sacrificial lamb to take one for the teamblack mammy who will volunteer to shield you from ____judas goat who will lead the sheep...
09.29.2019
Give these wypipo back 'their' god. Pt. 2
Give these wypipo back 'their' god.
09.22.2019
Give these wypipo back 'their' god.
Give these wypipo back 'their' god.
12.23.2018
Happy Festivus 2018! Airing of grievances...
Happy Festivus! For the rest of us! I have so much to be appreciative of, but also so many things to be disappointed about as well. Let's have some fun.
12.09.2018
We don't have the privilege to ...
Please join us Sunday as we go over a number of issues that have taken place recently. Marc Lamont HillTamika MalloryWhite FolksBlack public figures and white expectations & demandsCyntoia BrownJeffrey EpsteinReparationsGeorge HW Bush45 WASPing seasonMuch more...
11.12.2018
Miming, tumbling, and shucking...
Whypipo requirements to feel comfortable around black folks. There is so much to unpack, I'm not sure where to begin. I'm probably going to be all over the page, so just try to keep up. This is in no particular...
10.28.2018
Dear Black Community: Slipping into darkness...
Please join us Sunday as we discuss a number of topics. Some whypipo are seriously slipping into darkness and attacking our communities. This has been a common occurrence in black communities and we weren't believed. However, it seems to be escalating...
10.14.2018
Dear White Christians: Your true nature is showing.
Please join us Sunday as we discuss a number of problematic narratives fueling the white evangelical community. There is so much to discuss that I'm not sure where to begin. White Christian Fragility: Fear and power.White Christian Radio Silence: Silence on keeping...
10.10.2018
In Conversation with The Black DeTour
Please join us as we speak with Jay Colby, founder of The Black Detour. We'll discuss independent media and why it's needed given our current socio-political environment. The Black Detour is an independent media outlet that advocates for Black people to...
10.08.2018
The Groveland Four
Please join us as we discuss the Groveland Four with Carol Greenlee (daughter of wrongly convicted Charles Greenlee). Earnest Thomas, Charles Greenlee, Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin were accused of raping a 17-year-old white woman in Lake County, Florida in 1948. They were convicted of a crime, minus...
09.30.2018
Being She/Her and the consequences that it brings!
Please join us as we discuss Christine Blasey Ford and the Senate hearing for Brett Kavanaugh. There's so much to unpack, that it's difficult to know where to begin. We will also discuss the very obvious display of white male...
09.23.2018
Dear Black Church: White Supremacy in the Pulpit
Please join us as we discuss the current state of the church. You have people leaving in droves, leadership openly rebelling against the Bible they profess to believe, pastors and leadership openly telling you to submit and obey the authority...
09.02.2018
Dear Black Church: It's time for change
Please join us as we talk about the Aretha Franklin funeral, black church, outdated traditions of the black church, church hurt, #metoo, dismissal of black women, misogyny, black children, and much more. It's time for the black church to re-evaluate...
08.19.2018
Dear White America: Caping for control
Please join us as we discuss the aggrieved white men in America who feel that they are being discriminated against because of their gender and whiteness. Some of them believe that women & the black/brown people need to be put back...
08.05.2018
"Woke" Whypipo and their fragility.
Please join us as we discuss why some white progressives, moderates, liberals, and allies are problematic and complicit with white supremacy. When you attempt to explain why their silence or their encouragement of you being silent is violent, here comes...
07.15.2018
Dear Black People: What's up w/the White American & whypipo abroad love for 45?
Please join us today as I try to play catch up and update you on a few things. You know how we do, I'm just going for it. What more evidence do you need that making moral arguments mean nothing...

What's Black FreeThinkers about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Black FreeThinkers episodes:

Updates and Upcoming Shows

Touch not mine ...

Religiosity and the mass incarceration system.

He that beats the drum for the madmans dance isno better than the madman himself

How many problematic whypipo do the Democrats need to 'feel comfortable'?

Conversation w/Dr. Jeffrey Perry: Hubert Harrison: Black Griot

When someone shows you who they are believe them!

Festivus, martyrs, and be best

We. Are. NOT. Friends.

Why are you so surprised?

White lies, whitelash, and black lives in the balance

Dear Black Church: Is tRump the REAL deal?

The Politics of being a GOOD person

Time for change

Thinking Thoughts And Feeling Feelings

A Race To White Mediocrity

The Bell is Tolling

Nothing has changed

Atheist community, what are you doing?

Slave Patrols, Lynchings, and Slavery in the Era of tRump

Land of the Greed and Home of the Slaves

United States of Anxiety: Reset

Neoliberalism, 2020 Election, Coronavirus, and Americanism.

Whypipo whiting and going in circles

Dear Black Church: Making it rain for Jesus

Progressives, Democrats, and a swarm of flies.

2020: The Year of "Be Best!"

Conversation with Shawnee Williams & Illinois Equity Staffing

New Perspectives

Something Wicked This Way Comes

In Conversation with Dr. annalise fonza

Conversation with Dr. Christopher Cameron (Author of Black Freethinkers)

Worldwide White Christian Terrorism Pt 2

Worldwide White Christian terrorism and Kanye, too. Pt. 1

Not your kind of ...

Give these wypipo back 'their' god. Pt. 2

Give these wypipo back 'their' god.

Happy Festivus 2018! Airing of grievances...

We don't have the privilege to ...

Miming, tumbling, and shucking...

Dear Black Community: Slipping into darkness...

Dear White Christians: Your true nature is showing.

In Conversation with The Black DeTour

The Groveland Four

Being She/Her and the consequences that it brings!

Dear Black Church: White Supremacy in the Pulpit

Dear Black Church: It's time for change

Dear White America: Caping for control

"Woke" Whypipo and their fragility.

Dear Black People: What's up w/the White American & whypipo abroad love for 45?