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  • EP: 48 - Crystal Mason and the art of Voter Suppression and Injustice.
    Crystal Mason has been sentenced to five years in prison for voting. Crystal Mason said she had no idea that she was ineligible to vote (felons in Texas are prohibited from voting while they’re serving their sentences, which includes incarceration, parole, and probation). This is not justice it’s a scare tactic to suppress votes.
    35 min
  • EP:47 - Who Can Say The N-Word?
    Who can use the N-word? Can the N-word ever be a term of endearment among black people? Is it ever acceptable for people who are not black to use the N-word? Now with Hip hop going global using the N-word all the time should black people be offended anymore?
    27 min
  • EP:45 - NBA's China conflict and freedom
    A tweet from Darly Morey, GM of the Rockets appeared to support Hong Kong demonstrators but with pressure from China he deleted the tweet and reversed course. Trump is bargaining away U.S. security for conspiracy theories about Ukraine in hopes of reelection and erasing evidence of Russia's interference in our elections. Are America and American values like freedom of speech and freedom of expression for sale?
    34 min
  • EP:44 - Is Forgiveness Hurting Black Folk?
    Instead of focusing on the actual victim who was killed, Botham Jean the media has focused on the judge giving the hug and the brother :Botham Jean who forgave her. Judge Tammy Kemp also hugged Amber Geiger to show her compassion. Is there an unreasonable expectation for African Americans to forgive?
    29 min
  • EP: 42 - Black Love & Marriage

    Journal of Family and Medicine Fewer people getting married less economically attractive men available.


    https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fewer-people-are-getting-married-because-theres-a-shortage-of-economicallystable-single-men-says-study-221607423.html


    3-6 million black women can’t find husband or boyfriend 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&=&v=0ymsPTuK_X4&app=desktop


    Black men lag economically

    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/21/17139300/economic-mobility-study-race-black-white-women-men-incarceration-income-chetty-hendren-jones-porter

    36 min
  • EP: 41 - Are You Racist?

    Former Trump staffers apologizes to Obama 

    https://apple.news/ARDzWISL7QuaczNbYsP-osg

     

    Trump Supporters tries of being called racist 

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-rally-cincinnati-racist_n_5d442934e4b0aca3411c669a?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003

    1 hr 5 min

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