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#13. This one is the for the sistas! Justine is joined by her friends Andrea Lowe, Jordyn Harrison, Brianna Lawton, and Dr. Patience Leuth. Educators, artists, and academics; this episode is filled to the brim with #BlackGirlMagic.

#12 "This Is America." In this episode, Justine is flying solo as she shares her heart about her feelings related to the acquittal of the officers accused of killing Breonna Taylor while she slept in her bed in her home in Louisville, KY.

**This episode will discuss depictions of racial trauma and killing. Please consider your own mental health in deciding to listen.

Intro clip from MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_kzPwynG4

This is America, by Childish Gambino https://youtu.be/VYOjWnS4cMY

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#11: Continuing the discussion about political ideology that was started in episode 10 with guest Rex Evans, all three of the Souljah's are back. In this episode, they talk specifically about patriotism and nationalism. Are they the same things? Have they become toxic? What does it mean to be an American, and has that definition changed over time.

1. “Patriotism” vs “Nationalism”
2. Patriotism vs. Nationalism- What’s the Difference?
3. Trump: "You know what I am? I'm a nationalist"
4. Overview Effect
5. Critical Race Theory Explained
6. Ozawa and Thind cases
7. Donald Trump and 1776 Commission
8. Supreme Court Decision on Thind

Artists mentioned during the Liner Lotes segment

1. Can We Talk cover
2. Emily Muli 
3. Tone 6 Imagine Me by Kirk Franklin cover

#10: Abdul and Andres discuss political ideology with a friend and listener who is a Christian Conservative. The Souljah's discuss a range of issues important to conservatives. This conversation can be used as a model for those who seek to have respectful and loving conversations with those share different worldviews.

1. The Christian Souljah Podcast - Christian Souljah's Episode (#5)
2. The U.S. Remained Center-Right, Ideologically, in 2019
3. The rise of American authoritarianism
4. Robert Jeffress Disagrees With Max Lucado on Donald Trump, Prefers Mean 'SOB' to Mild, Turn-the-Other-Cheek President
5. Mark Charles and the Doctrine of Discovery
6. Farm Policy Disaster for Reagan
7. Farm Aid
8. Here's how the deficit performed under Republican and Democratic presidents, from Reagan to Trump
9. YTD: U.S soybean sales to China lowest in 5 years
10. The Party of No
11. Beck: ‘Is Obama the Antichrist?’
12. The Politics of CEOs
13. There are twice as many conservative think tanks as liberal ones
14. Political donors in the US are whiter, wealthier, and more conservative than voters
15. Do Authoritarians Vote for Authoritarians

#9. Decolonizing Your Theology Pt. 3 This is the mic drop episode. In this installment, the Souljah’s take aim at patriarchy in the church and slaughter all of the sacred cows that have led to the oppression and degrading of women in the Body of Christ. 

Listen at your own risk...you just might be refreshed and encouraged!

Gender pay gap 

https://www.businessinsider.com/gender-wage-pay-gap-charts-2017-3#the-gender-wage-gap-varies-widely-depending-on-the-state-1

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2020/03/24/482141/quick-facts-gender-wage-gap/

#8 "Decolonizing Theology" isn't just a catchphrase. It is a commitment to understanding the bible...and your faith...apart from the a Christianity that is dogmatic, selectively interpreted, and oppressive. The Souljah's continue Their Discussion on decolonizing your theology. Justine, Andres, and Abdullah go in as usual. This one is DEEP, with lots of tangible ways to to understand Christianity apart from a Eurocentric frame and worldview.

Emmett Till - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till

MLB 2020 Jackie Robinson Day -

https://www.mlb.com/news/jackie-robinson-day-2020-complete-guide

Kenosha, WI Protests - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_protests

Chadwick Boseman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman

R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Official Music Video) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtdhWltSIg

Definition of Meekness - https://www.biblewise.com/bible_study/questions/definition-meekness.php

The Hamilton Mixtape - Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_35a7sn6ds

In the scriptures, 

1. Moses was born in Egypt
2. Simon of Cyrene who carried for the cross for Jesus, was African. Cyrene is modern day Libya. 
3. The ancient land of Cush and the Cushite Kingdom is mentioned 57 times in the Old testament. Cush is Africa. It was referred to both as all of Africa and specifically the region now known as Ethiopia and Eritrea.
4. The land of Havila mentioned in the bible, first in the Book of Genesis is associated with Sudan.
5. Hagar, the mother of Ismael (Abraham’s concubine and Sarah’s maidservant) and basically the spiritual progenitor of the Arabs.
6. The woman mentioned in Song of Songs was “dark and ruddy” Songs 1:5. This is perhaps and according to many scholars refers her her African skin. 
7. In the new testament, we read of the conversion of Candace’s Ethiopian treasurer (Acts 8:26-39). Candace was the royal title of the Queen Mother of Nubia, a African nation located mostly in what is now Sudan. 

Early Church Fathers

1. Tertulian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian
2. Augustine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo
3. Athanasius of Alexandria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria
4. Origen of Alexandria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origen

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#7. Justine, Andres, and Abdullah begin a three-part series on decolonizing your theology. In this episode they discuss what the idea of colonized theology means and give some examples (some from their own lives) of what it looks like. They discuss research on the racial attitudes of Christians from PRRI, Pew Research Center, The Barna Group and others, as well as some helpful books to learn about the history of racist iseaas and whiteness. Abdullah discusses a very poignant example of racist ideas he perpetuated during his ministry career.

Rich Nathan Tweet : https://twitter.com/RichNathan/status/1296094120700772357

A Nation of Immigrants? Diverging Perceptions of Immigrants Increasingly Marking Partisan Divides : https://www.prri.org/research/a-nation-of-immigrants-diverging-perceptions-of-immigrants-increasingly-marking-partisan-divides/

Summer Unrest over Racial Injustice Moves the Country, But Not Republicans or White Evangelicals : https://www.prri.org/research/racial-justice-2020-george-floyd/

Scandalous Witness: A Little Political Manifesto for Christians - https://www.amazon.com/Scandalous-Witness-Political-Manifesto-Christians/dp/0802877354

Interview with Robert P. Jones on NPR’s Fresh Air - https://www.npr.org/transcripts/896712611

Relevant Magazine, Is Your Bookshelf Racist? https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/books/is-your-bookshelf-racist/

Societal views by religion and race of whether people feel it helps or hurts to be poor, Muslim, Black, or Latinx in the U.S. (Pew) https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2019/04/09/views-of-racial-inequality/

Your Woke-ness is Not Worship with Sandra Maria Van Opstal on The Evolving Faith Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-woke-ness-is-not-worship-with-sandra-maria-van-opstal/id1519314093?i=1000487891805

Black Practicing Christians Are Twice as Likely as Their White Peers to See a Race Problem (Barna Group) https://www.barna.com/research/problems-solutions-racism/

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#6 Justine and Abdullah discuss authentic vs performative allyship and whether POC can be racist.

Helpful Links:

What does it mean to be asexual

https://youtu.be/lMhix4nr_0g

OneIowa: An organization that advances, empowers, and improves the lives of LGBTQ Iowans statewide.

https://oneiowa.org/

Critical Race Theory (CRT) Explained

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/critical_race_theory.html

or

https://youtu.be/Pl1bcO_IL-M

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#5: Abdullah, Andres, and Justine pay homage to the late Reverend Dr. C.T. Vivian and Representative John Lewis. They also discuss the classic vs contemporary civil rights movement, and the role of faith in public activism.

Helpful Links:

About Black Lives Matter

https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/ 

Remembering Rep. John Lewis; Washington Post: https://youtu.be/5ayewOtuixI

C.T. Vivian: A Message of Hope to Today’s Young People

https://youtu.be/uZhRlHBnEUc

Rosa Parks and The Rape of Recy Taylor documentary excerpt

https://youtu.be/STcAVDuOkv8

Commentary on The Rape of Recy Taylor documentary

https://youtu.be/6BJgNUrS38c

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#4: On July 14, 2020, ViacomCBS ended a decades-long relationship with Nick Cannon. The company claimed he made anti-Semitic comments on his podcast "Cannon’s Class."

On the podcast, Cannon said Black people are the “true Hebrews.” He also talked about anti-Semitic conspiracy theories involving the Rothschild family.

“It’s never hate speech, you can’t be anti-Semitic when we are the Semitic people,” Cannon said. “When we are the same people who they want to be. That’s our birthright. We are the true Hebrews.”

In today’s episode Abdullah, Andres, and Justine discuss the subjects brought up by Cannon. The crew is surprised he was not also fired for insulting another group of people. But by the end of the episode, they are all surprised by the lessons learned through the discussion.

"The problem is that in the African American community for hundreds of years we have been trying to figure out the question of, 'What the heck happened that ended up with Black folks being at the bottom of the barrel?', " Abdullah begins to unwrap the discussion.

"This conversation is about the result of trauma," Andres continues the conversation. "This is the result of a group of people placed in a horrible situation. And you have to find a way to make this [life] have some kind of meaning."

There is some discussion about is anti-whiteness a thing and if so, is it the new anti-Semitism? Plus, Justine differentiates the historical criticism for those of European descent and anti-Semitism.

Finally, listen to how this Nick Cannon story is a model for the race conversation happening in the US.

Info Links:

- Complete Cannon's Class: Nick Cannon and Professor Griff Interview Episode on YouTube

- The Rothschild Family

- Black Supremacy

- Hotep

-Nick Cannon explains why he wears a turban

-What Sikh's believe

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