Bruthas N Law

In the last year of his life, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a conversation with Harry Belafonte in which Dr. King lamented, "I have come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house." So, in recognition of the Dr. King holiday, the Bruthas examine the results of 50 years of racial integration. In short, they attempt to answer the question, "Has integration been a net positive for the black community as a whole?"

The Bruthas also discuss current news events, including Smirkgate (the controversy of the Covington Catholic School students run-in with a native American elder) and Nancy Pelosi pulling the SOTU rug from under Trump's (tiny) feet.

More than 50 years ago, Malcolm X said, "The most disrespected person in America is the black woman." Sadly, his words seem to be as true today as they were back then.

In this episode, the Bruthas talk about the abysmal level of respect and protection afforded black woman and girls. In doing so, they discuss the disturbing documentary Surviving R Kelly. They also discuss an incident involving a sista working at a McDonald's who had to fight off her white male attacker while three "bruthas" looked on.

And just to keep it timely, the Bruthas end the episode with a discussion of Trump's "hamberder" party for the NCAA Champion Clemson Tigers and Jeff Bezos' pending divorce.

In this episode, the Bruthas discuss the recent controversy surrounding the song, Baby It's Cold Outside. They also discuss Kevin Hart stepping down as host of the Oscars as a result of past homophobic tweets. Sean gives his quick review of the movie Green Book, the movie that tells the story of the great black musician Dr. Don Shirley (well sort of). And finally, they recap the most recent developments in Putingate.

In response to a listener question, the Bruthas take a deep dive into American slavery and one of its lasting effects -- negrophobia. This is the irrational fear that, at any moment, black folks will rise up and commence the "negropocalypse." The Bruthas not only show the roots of this fear and its affects during slavery and beyond, but also, the corresponding fear that black folks live under -- caucaphobia. This is the black person's (quite rational) fear that any act could result in a white person experiencing negrophobia, unleashing horrible (even fatal) consequences upon the black person. And finally, the Bruthas discuss how you can end, or at least, reduce YOUR negrophobia.

The bruthas recap the results from the 2018 election. And despite their disappointment from the (apparent) losses of Abrams, Beto and Gillum, they rejoice in the fact that the Dems took back the House. Moreover, they highlight some of the many minority and women candidates who won their races. The bruthas also discuss the various state ballot questions, including the restoration of voting rights for felons in Florida and the ever-growing popularity of the sticky-icky (i.e., weed).

And as bonus, the bruthas discuss the firing of Jeff "Bobo" Sessions and the remarkable exchange between Trump and CNN's Jim Acosta at Wednesday's press conference.

In this episode, the bruthas discuss this week's breaking news of the Magabomber. We also tackle the upcoming gubernatorial elections in Florida and Georgia. They also discuss Megyn Kelly's attempt to bring blackface back and the latest round of white women calling the police on black folks.

In this episode, the bruthas review Omarosa's book, Unhinged, and discuss the possible reinstatement of her black card or at least, a provisional invite to the cookout. In related news, they discuss the guilty of plea of Trump's fixer, Michael Cohen, and the guilty verdicts of his "ride or die" campaign manager, Paul "Paulie" Manafort. And finally, the bruthas weigh in on the toppling of the Silent Sam monument at the University of North Carolina.

In this episode, the bruthas give their thoughts on Coonapalooza -- the black pastors pilgrimage to the White House. They also weigh in on Donald Trump's Twitter rant against King James (and Michael Jordan's rather feckless response to it). And to end on a high note, they celebrate the victory of Wesley Bell for St. Louis County Prosecutor in the response to Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson in 2014; and what this victory might portend for possibly curbing the epidemic of police brutality.

In this episode, the bruthas explore the question of whether they would ever leave America and if so, as black man, where would they consider putting down new roots?

In this episode, we put our formidable legal minds to the task of determining exactly what black folks can do without having the cops called on them. As a result, this was going to be a very short episode because we could only come up with three activities between us. However, we were able to fill the rest of the time by discussing the myriad reasons for which cops were called on black folks in just the last few weeks alone.