Dr. Blacksher and I, start with a news story about an older White woman who told a Black family in Discovery Bay to act White since they live in a White neighborhood.  We ended by definitively stating that running a Boston is the best flex EVER in the Black community.  If you need any more explanation than this, then you need to listen to the podcast :)

A conversation about "election deniers" morphs into talking about what it would take to actually beat white supremacy, but is what would replace it any better?  We then shift to talking about how San Diego School District is trying to combat racism in grading.  Dr. Hoskins says this is a step in the right direction, but that it is more important to focus on the racism in how schools are funded.  

We record on Thursday night, so we did all of this talking without knowing what I know now and that is that Biden/Harris won the 2020 election.  I, Dr. Bruce Hoskins, am not "happy", but I am relieved that the war against White Supremacy no longer has the full backing of the White House.  This nation still has a LOT of work to do.  Now, we need to hold the elected administration accountable for their promises.  This work starts today...

Topics covered:
(Start) Dr. Blacksher reflects on his "camping" trip that was actually him staying at an Air BNB
(4:50) How we are feeling about the upcoming elections
(22:25) Walter Wallace - Why in the US do we have police officers show up when someone is having a mental health crisis?
(45:55) - Breonna Taylor - How the jurors are breaking the rules in order to uncover systematic racism and white supremacy in the criminal justice system
(59:30) - A white teacher in Wisconsin gets in trouble for educating students about what is going on with the Black Lives Matter movement.  This leads to a deeper discussion on the difference between being an ally versus an accomplice.
(1:08:51) Black Celebrities endorsing the current administration
(1:13:44) Predictions on the 2020 Election

Topics Addressed:
1) Applying to graduate school and our Ph.D. experiences.  We appreciate Shawntae Mitchum and Denise Nealon contributing to this topic
2) How to know that community college is your calling or just a job
3) Caught on video:  a White woman throws a puppy at a Black man: https://www.revolt.tv/2020/10/12/21513626/white-woman-throws-dog-black-man
We spent some time pondering if people reacted more negatively about this or Black people being killed by police officers
4) Amy Coney Barret: How you going to be nominated to the Supreme Court and not know all of the First Amendment protections?  How are you going to be an originalist and be a White woman?  Just saying.
5) Ice Cube: We are both sure that he is messing up, but spend more time on why people treat political parties like they are our favorite teams versus people that must be negotiated with and held accountable.

Ant and I start off with an unexpected discussion about how we use our titles of "Doctor" at strategic moments.  We then spin off into a conversation about the fly that landed on the VP Pence's head during the debate (which I still didn't watch) and how Sen. Kamala Harris is an AKA.  Lastly, we talk about how JP Morgan is giving $30 billion to help close the racial wealth gap but speak in-depth about why I am still not happy about it.

We record the live show on Thursdays at 10pm on Zoom.  If you want to come to the live show, hit me up at [email protected] and I will give you the meeting information.  

We talked about the debate even though I (Dr. Bruce Hoskins) did not watch it because I knew it was going to be bad.  I told Dr. Anthony Blacksher that I would rather watch the 0-3 Denver Broncos play the 0-3 New York Jets.  Ant assured me that it was the sh!t show that I thought it would be but in a WWE sort of way.  Intriguing :)

At 19:45, Ant and I talked about the executive order that effectively banned diversity and equity training in federally funded organizations.

At 35:14 We talk about how we address microaggressions with our colleagues on our campuses.

Breonna Taylor.  Nuff said.

This session Ant and I check-in with fellow community college educators Joe Limer, Ernest Guillen, and Denise Nealon and how we have transitioned to teaching online.  Sociologically, we talked about functionalist theory and how the novel coronavirus has upset our social equilibrium and introduced anomic conditions to the entire education system.  Also, as most colleges head into the spring semester online, we struggle with the idea that education can never go back to "normal".

Dr. Hoskins goes off on a math professor that states that Princeton was not built on institutional racism.  Dr. Blacksher wonders why conservatives are tripping about critical race theory.  Dr. Hoskins talks about how a police chief not rehiring a racist officer is a perfect example of praxis.