Disruption Now

By Rob RichardsonBusiness Entrepreneurship Education Self-Improvement

Disruption Now episodes

July 24, 2019 EP: 29 - Marc Morial: State of the Black Union
Referenced Articles

http://www.econclub.org/meeting/patriotism-v-nationalism-the-new-american-challenge/

http://www.ncbw-qcmc.org/uploads/1/0/2/9/102980742/nul-soba2018-executive_summary.pdf

https://www.c-span.org/video/?460427-1/national-urban-league-releases-voting-rights-report
44 min
July 17, 2019 EP:28 - Samara Rivers: Creating a seat for Black Bourbon Drinkers
Rivers’ favorite bourbon to-date is Buffalo Trace Distillery’s Stagg Jr. and she has developed a fondness for the Paper Plane cocktail originated by mixologist Sam Ross.
https://www.cuisinenoirmag.com/samara-rivers-black-bourbon-society/

Blacks drink bourbon you can't tell by the marketing
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/dining/drinks/bourbon-african-americans.html

The decline of black businesses post integration
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/marchaprilmay-2017/the-decline-of-black-business/

Jet and Ebony closing
https://www.blackpressusa.com/ebony-jet-fire-remainder-of-staff-may-close-its-doors-for-good/

The story of Nathan Green aka "Uncle Nearest"
https://www.cuisinenoirmag.com/uncle-nearest-1856-premium-whiskey/

https://www.blackbourbonsociety.com/blog/paperplane

https://www.bondedinbourbon.com/about
55 min
July 10, 2019 EP: 27 - Mental Health & Trauma in the Black Community
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
800-273-TALK (8255)
Stark Mental Health and Addiction Recovery
https://starkmhar.org/
National Alliance in Mental Illness
https://www.coreyempowers.com/
Visit: https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI
Text: NAMI to 741741 for crosier intervention
Call: 800-950-6264
Referenced Articles
https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/how-to-heal-african-americans-traumatic-history-98298

https://www.yesmagazine.org/mental-health/research-shows-entire-black-communities-suffer-trauma-after-police-shootings-20180803

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292675/
52 min
July 08, 2019 EP: 26 -July 4th, Betsy Ross & Privilege
Patrol Agents joking about migrants racist about Latino lawmakers
https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes
Middle School Teacher side job was a ”secret” white supremacist podcast.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ja8BFVVTHI
White Contractor turned away
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/allison-zeke-brown-confederate-flag_n_5d1d2dd4e4b0f312567e7eac
July 4th Nike, Kapernick and the original 13 star flag
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/02/nikes-betsy-ross-controversy-highlights-new-dangers-in-american-icons.html
Racists use science to prove Arial from the little mermaid is black
https://www.indy100.com/article/racists-use-science-proof-disney-little-mermaid-ariel-not-black-8988571
Notmyarial Twitter
https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/notmyariel-white-twitter-is-big-mad-about-disney-cast-1836128376
Rapist gets leniency because he from a good family
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/nyregion/judge-james-troiano-rape.html
44 min
July 03, 2019 EP: 25 - Robert Greene On the Power of Human Nature
Articles cited

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/03/robert-greene-48-laws-of-power

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/rjazd6/robert-greene-weighs-in-on-his-collaboration-with-50-cent-and-the-current-state-of-hip-hop

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1 hr 35 min
June 26, 2019 EP: 24 - Kyle Kashuv: Harvard Rejects a Racist Conservatives Cry Foul

Conservative Parkland survivor rejected for racist comments from Harvard
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/us/parkland-kyle-kashuv-harvard.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Kyle Kashuv apologizes for using n word
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/parkland-teen-kyle-kashuv-apologizes-racist-remarks_n_5ce6908be4b09b23e65ead62
Students agree with Harvard
https://www.theblaze.com/news/poll-finds-that-most-people-seem-to-agree-with-harvard-university-and-not-parkland-student-kyle-kashuv
Kyle Kashuv controversy explained
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/17/18682101/kyle-kashuv-harvard-parkland
19 min
June 20, 2019 EP: 23 - Obama = Reparations?
Mitch Mcconnell Obama’s election was reparations
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/19/mitch-mcconnell-reparations-slavery-compensation-not-needed-after-obama-presidency/1497461001/
Balancing the Ledger on Juneteenth
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/juneteenth-and-reparations-hearing-house/592036/
Ta Nehisi Coates gives Mcconnell a lesson
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/6/19/18691735/ta-nehisi-coates-mitch-mcconnell-reparations-history-racism-slavery
Slave Owners Given Compensation for losing slaves
https://newsone.com/3012856/did-you-know-us-govt-paid-reparations-to-slave-owners/
McConnell and Nehishi Coates
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/danny-glover-ta-nehisi-coates-testify-in-house-hearing-for-reparations-62254661921
30 min
June 19, 2019 EP: 22 - Governor Deval Patrick: Breaking Barriers
Deval Laurdine Patrick is one of only 2 African-Americans to ever be elected governor in the United States. Born and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. After graduating, he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm, where he was named a partner, at age 34. In 1994, Bill Clinton appointed him as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the United States Department of Justice, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct.
53 min
June 12, 2019 EP: 21 - What They See 'When They See Us'
The story for wrongfully convicted
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ava-duvernay-s-when-they-see-us-not-just-about-n1005151
Oprah hard to watch hard to live
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/oprah-wants-watch-netflix-series-150200744.html?.tsrc=fauxdal

Importance of prosecutors
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/03/central-park-five-story-racism-when-they-see-us-ava-duvernay?CMP=share_btn_fb

Trump interview Central Park 5
https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2016/10/07/trump-1989-central-park-five-interview-cnnmoney.cnnmoney

Central Prosecutor dropped publisher
https://www.apnews.com/98524380b1b749dc988528a94d197207

Short cut Apple pull over by police
https://www.businessinsider.com/ios-12-shortcut-uses-iphone-to-record-police-during-traffic-stop-2018-10?fbclid=IwAR2-R_DqQ61zm56vn5CtaOgkRJtX8kYXHNnQyqaYinYjY797fnm3mD702So

The humanity of so-called central 5
https://news.yahoo.com/central-park-five-survivor-tear-020925170.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=fb

Linda Fairstein says it’s all lies
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vibe.com/amp/2019/06/linda-fairstein-reacts-when-they-see-us

Too painful to watch. What does that say about America?
http://cnn.com/2019/06/06/entertainment/central-park-five-netflix-criss-trnd/index.html

Horrors of False Confessions and story of formerly incarcerated https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ava-duvernay-s-when-they-see-us-not-just-about-n1005151

Supreme Court made it easier for the Police to arrest you for filming them
https://apple.news/A5JezTS1dQsyASIhUfHSQkg
57 min
June 06, 2019 EP: 20 - Lil Nas X: Only In America
Country Fans Outraged Lil Nas X
https://blackamericaweb.com/2019/05/24/country-music-fans-outraged-over-lil-nas-xs-jean-collection-with-wranglers/
The Roots of Country Music
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-09-16-9809190003-story.html
People upset with Wrangler over Lil Nas X
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/5/23/18636279/lil-nas-x-wrangler-collection-prices-backlash
Lil Nas X and roots Country Music
http://www.papermag.com/lil-nas-x-country-music-2636041940.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
22 min