Free Black Thought Podcast

Latasha H. Fields and host Connie Morgan break down parental rights, homeschooling and solutions to family issues plaguing America.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Latasha’s homeschool co-op and support group: CHESS
• Donate to her “basement to building” fund
• Empowering Parents and Igniting Communities: EPIC Cafe
• Parentalrights.org
• H.R.5 - Parents Bill of Rights Act
• Latasha’s congressional testimony
• Latasha’s Christian Academy: Ky’Ijel Group Christian Academy
• National Black Home Educators
• Accelerated Christian Education Curriculum
• Latasha’s Twitter: @LatashaHFields
• Latasha’s YouTube Channel

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FBT co-founder Michael DC Bowen describes his ideological journey from talented tenth Black Nationalist to card carrying Republican to stoic. In this discussion with host Connie Morgan, Mike makes the case that discovery, humor and reason should be your guide.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Mike’s substack: Stoic Observations
• Mike’s Twitter: @mdcbowen
• Mike’s website: mdcbowen.org
• Mike's “Black Suffering,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers (Mike is contributing to Part II to be released this Fall)
• Kwaku,: A Boy of Ghana
• Eugene O’Neill Inspiration: The Emperor Jones
• Thomas Sowell Inspiration: The Economics of Politics and Race: An International Perspective and Ethnic America
• Yukio Mishima Inspiration: Patriotism
• Yukio Mishima biography: The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima by Henry Scott Stokes
• The Mind’s Eye by Oliver Sacks
• Drylongso: A Self-Portrait of Black America by John Langston Gwaltney
• The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism by Cornel West
• The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million by Martin Amis
• Blog: Lesswrong
• Blog: Astral Codex Ten
• Conspiracy Mike Low-key believes is true: Panspermia
• Best book Mike has read this year: The Fourth Man: The Hunt for a KGB Spy at the Top of the CIA and the Rise of Putin’s Russia by Robert Baer

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When Wink Twyman responded to Jen Richmond’s article decrying a diversity training program she participated in he didn’t know it would kickoff a letter correspondence that spanned the course of years. Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America is the compendium of these letters. In this episode, Wink and Jen sit down with host Connie Morgan to talk about the disputes, solutions and a-ha moments articulated in their letters.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America
• Truth in Between
• Truth in Between Substack
• Jen’s Twitter: @truth_inbetween
• Wink’s “In Defense of President George Washington,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• “Foreword to Letters in Black and White” written by FBT president Erec Smith as featured in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Jen’s “Diversity Drop-Out,” in Areo Magazine
• Dr. Sheena (aka Galileo) Mason’s work on Racelessness
• Institute for Liberal Values
• Jack and Jill
• The Poe song Connie referenced
• Cultural Fusion by Lyle Lovett

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Connie Morgan and Jake Mackey sit down to discuss Jake’s unique upbringing, how Free Black Thought came to be and his journey to an Omni-American identity.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Jake’s Twitter: @omni_american
• Jake’s Book: Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion
• A documentary about Jake’s upbringing in India: The Ashram Children
• Louis Mackey’s (Jake’s Dad) Final Book: Faith Order Understanding: Natural Theology in the Augustinian Tradition
• Randall Kennedy’s “Why Critical Race Theory is Important,” in Current Affairs Magazine
• Randall Kennedy’s interview with Lex Fridman (conversation starts at 1:17)
• Dr. Sheena Mason’s work on Racelessness
• Jake’s “What to Us Now is the Fourth of July?” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Jake’s “The B.E.S.T. Microaggression Training You’ve Never Heard Of,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Jake’s “The B.E.S.T. Microaggression Training You’ve Never Heard Of, Part 2,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought

Executive Director of Operations for G3 Ministries and co-host of the immensely popular “Just Thinking” podcast Virgil Walker sits down with host Connie Morgan to unpack racial topics within the church. From the Black Church to Christian Nationalism, Virgil isn’t afraid to call out his theological friends or foes in this illuminating episode.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• G3 National Conference Registration (Use code G3JT for 30% off)
• G3 Ministries
• Just Thinking Podcast and Website
• Virgil’s Book: Just Thinking About the State
• Virgil’s Twitter: @VirgilWalkerOMA
• Virgil’s Instagram: @virgilwalker

FBT co-founder Tabia Lee takes host Connie Morgan through the timeline of her academic career. Dr. Lee landed her dream job of DEI director at De Anza College only to be quickly ousted for promoting not just diversity of skin color but diversity of thought.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Lee’s website: www.drtlee.solutions
• Lee’s GoFundMe
• Lee’s “Race Ideology-in-Practice,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Dumisani Washington’s “When Black People Defend Israel and the Jews,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought featuring Lee’s story

Connie Morgan and Pastor Dumisani Washington sit down to discuss how a former Baptist with Southern roots became a fierce defender of Israel. Pastor Dumisani breaks down his personal journey to Zion and explains why he believes standing with Israel will be a defining issue for Christians of color in the 21st century.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Pastor Dumisani’s Twitter: @DumisaniTemsgen
• Pastor Dumisani’s Book: Zionism and the Black Church: Why Standing with Israel will be a Defining Issue for Christians of Color in the 21st Century
• Pastor Dumisani’s “Zionism and the Black Church,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Pastor Dumisani’s “When Black People Defend Israel and the Jews,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Pastor Dumisani’s “Why School Choice May Help Save the US-Israel Relationship,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Pastor Dumisani’s Substack
• Pastor Dumisani’s Instagram: @dumisani6
• IBSI Website
• P.E.A.C.E. Initiative Ambassador Program
• IBSI Substack: Africa-Israel Weekly
• IBSI Instagram
• IBSI Twitter
• IBSI Facebook
• IBSI Clubhouse
• IBSI YouTube
• Dumisani Washington Ministries (Information about Israel Trip in December)

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Erec's Twitter: twitter.com/Rhetors_of_York. Erec's Latest for National Review: For DEI Supporters, Perpetuation of Racism is Good Business. Erec's Books: A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition and The Lure of Disempowerment: Reclaiming Agency in the Age of CRT. Empowered Humanity Theory: Empowered Pathways. The Book on Nichiren Buddhism Erec Mentions: Focus your mind - Light up your life: Nichiren Buddhism 4.0.

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