Confessions of a Native Son

I open up about how I'm constantly moving the goalposts and my struggles with being present.

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Real Dope Coffee: Place your order today at www.realdope.coffee, we've got to start supporting our own businesses. It's black and veteran-owned, is the epitome of economic empowerment.

IRONBOUND Boxing: A nonprofit organization based in Newark, NJ that provides free amateur boxing training, entrepreneur education, and employment opportunities to youth and young adults. You can support the cause by visiting www.IRONBOUNDBoxing.org and making a donation today.

Message me on Linkedin or shoot me an email at [email protected], Special shoutout to my Co-Producer Mike Loyd and the team from the Gifted Sounds Network. Rooting for everybody black.

My criticism and revelation regarding the conscious capital movement. Am I wrong or am I right? Let me know on instagram @ironmikesteadman or Linkedin: https://bit.ly/2Uyh6eJ

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Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:

Real Dope Coffee: Place your order today at www.realdope.coffee, we've got to start supporting our own businesses. It's black and veteran-owned, is the epitome of economic empowerment.

IRONBOUND Boxing: A nonprofit organization based in Newark, NJ that provides free amateur boxing training, entrepreneur education, and employment opportunities to youth and young adults. You can support the cause by visiting www.IRONBOUNDBoxing.org and making a donation today.

Message me on Linkedin or shoot me an email at [email protected], Special shoutout to my Co-Producer Mike Loyd and the team from the Gifted Sounds Network. Rooting for everybody black.

The following is an open love letter to the sport of boxing and a reminder to myself, why I started IRONBOUND Boxing.

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Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:

Real Dope Coffee: Place your order today at www.realdope.coffee, we've got to start supporting our own businesses. It's black and veteran-owned, is the epitome of economic empowerment.

IRONBOUND Boxing: A nonprofit organization based in Newark, NJ that provides free amateur boxing training, entrepreneur education, and employment opportunities to youth and young adults. You can support the cause by visiting www.IRONBOUNDBoxing.org and making a donation today.

Message me on Linkedin or shoot me an email at [email protected], Special shoutout to my Co-Producer Mike Loyd and the team from the Gifted Sounds Network. Rooting for everybody black.

I discuss the complexity of race relations between Native-born African-Americans and African Immigrants, with my fraternity brother and fellow Naval Academy graduate Jude Akpunku Jr.

You can purchase Jude's book "The Dangers of A Single Story" here:

https://amzn.to/3jR5ldt

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Real Dope Coffee: Place your order today at www.realdope.coffee, we've got to start supporting our own businesses. It's black and veteran-owned, is the epitome of economic empowerment.

Sincerely Bade: Visit their website at www.sincerelybade.com, to order handmade, pain-relief, wellness products. I know the CEO of the company, she just so happens to be my girlfriend, so I'll put in a good word for you.

Message me on Linkedin or shoot me an email at [email protected], Special shoutout to my Co-Producer Mike Loyd and the team from the Gifted Sounds Network. Rooting for everybody black.

Predominately white universities spend an abundant amount of money and resources recruiting young black men, but what's the point if there are no systems and infrastructure in place to ensure they succeed and graduate once they're there?

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Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:

Real Dope Coffee: Place your order today at www.realdope.coffee, we've got to start supporting our own businesses. It's black and veteran-owned, is the epitome of economic empowerment.

Sincerely Bade: Visit their website at www.sincerelybade.com, to order handmade, pain-relief, wellness products. I know the CEO of the company, she just so happens to be my girlfriend, so I'll put in a good word for you.

Message me on Linkedin or shoot me an email at [email protected], Special shoutout to my Co-Producer Mike Loyd and the team from the Gifted Sounds Network. Rooting for everybody black.

In this episode, I discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Underground Railroad'' by Colson Whitehead, along with the Amazon Series directed by Berry Jenkins.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead ( Support small businesses by purchasing it from a local Independent bookstore)

The TV Series is available on Amazon Prime

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Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:

Real Dope Coffee: Place your order today at www.realdope.coffee, we've got to start supporting our own businesses. It's black and veteran-owned, is the epitome of economic empowerment.

Sincerely Bade: Visit their website at www.sincerelybade.com, to order handmade, pain-relief, wellness products. I know the CEO of the company, she just so happens to be my girlfriend, so I'll put in a good word for you.

Message me on Linkedin or shoot me an email at [email protected], Special shoutout to my Co-Producer Mike Loyd and the team from the Gifted Sounds Network. Rooting for everybody black.

In the following episode, I sat down with my longtime friend, fellow Marine and Naval Academy graduate, Huy Troung. As a first-generation Vietnamese American who immigrated to America at an early age, Troung brings a unique perspective on the American experience.

Seventeen-year-old Newark resident and THRIVE graduate Méchelle Kelsick makes the case for an "Afrikan" Centered Education. This is an episode you don't want to miss...

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In this 1960 conversation with host Nathan Cohen on the CBC-TV program Encounter, Baldwin incorporates history and culture to try to explain the modern-day relationship between white people and "the Negro" in the United States.