Sox and Sandals Podcast

On November 11th Tiki Davis and I had an amazing conversation about the education system and how it affects black children. Tiki Davis is a Philadelphia based educator with 14 years of experience. She discusses the nuances of what is being taught, who is teaching, who is funding what is being taught, and how the factors uniquely affect black children. Be empowered, be inspired, be enlightened!

This conversation was recorded 9/29/2020. Gio and I spoke about the gift and curse of working from home (4:32), Gio's trippy start to the Oregon wildfires (9:10), the Breonna Taylor case (24:10), the system of Racism/White Supremacy (28:50), European/white greed (34:00), zero empathy for white supremacists (46:45), racism as a potential by-product of capitalism (52:30), white supremacyst pride vs white supremacyst love of money (1:10:25), strippers encouraging us to get our booty to the poll and vote (1:19:00), the PSA for the stripper poll campaign (1:25:00), and finished out the conversation discussing voting and political strategies.

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On this episode I spoke to the homie 8bitJ as we discussed his debt album "Dreamland." We went track by track and dove into the narrative of the project and the inspiration of each song. Drugs, women, depression, suicidal thoughts, and all kinds of real life topics are what you can expect from this conversation and his album... Be enlightened, be inspired, be empowered!

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Dame Dash Doesn't Understand Racism - Adam 22, Tara Long, and Lyor Cohen beef

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Damon Dash has had multiple publicized battles with white executives where he feels like there's been foul. He even made a book entitled "Culture Vultures" about his dealings with these executives. Especially his dealings with former Def Jam exec Lyor Cohen. More recently he's had issues with Adam 22 of the 'No Jumper' podcast and their failed partnership, and also Tara Long at the WE Network

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Dame Dash is a bonafide legend when it comes to being a Hip Hop executive, Fashion Mogul and overall Entrepreneur. On a recent interview with the good folks at 'Earn Your Leisure,' he gave most comprehensive definitions of racism that he's ever given. As an admirer of Dame I've peeped a pattern of logical shortcomings as it pertains to his understanding of Racism/White Supremacy. In this interview he plainly laid it out. I took the liberty of breaking it down and filling in the gaps in his logic

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(Course) Know Your Enemy: The Evolution of Racism - Begins October 15th, 2020

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This 8-week live digital course is designed to help victims of Racism become bold and confident by establishing a rock-solid foundational understanding of Racism/White Supremacy. This course provides a historical framework on the establishment, maintenance, and refinement of Racism and Racist ideology. You will be equipped with tools to constructively live a life of counter-racism.

This is for you! The ambitious, open-minded, independent thinker that is dedicated to solving the race problem and/or striving to minimize the feeling of being a victim of racism. You recognize that your genuine concern and ambition to resolve the feeling of helplessness on this subject, doesn’t match the level of historical knowledge and emotional intelligence needed to consistently and constructively live a life of counter-racism. You have been underwhelmed by the advice and leadership of politicians, celebrities, social justice spokespersons, and other hired-guns that tell you what you want to hear, get you all worked up, inspire you in the moment, but leave you with no tools to fight the good fight when they are gone.

In the United States so-called education system, most of what we've been taught about our history and our identity has been carefully crafted and curated by our enemy (colonizer/oppressor). Whether we would like to admit it or not, we have been directly and indirectly affected in a harmful manner by this faulty information. The KYE course is designed to equip you with knowledge that will help you to understand what White Supremacy is, how it came to be, how it works, and how it presently shapes your personal identity and our society at large. Once you take inventory of how you've been shaped and molded by this system (of Racism/White Supremacy), you can then take steps to rid yourself of that psychological poison. After you rid yourself of the poison, you have a clean slate to build a correct identity and live a life of counter-racism.

On this episode my guy Tevin Tevares pulls up and we discuss grinding through this Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the circumstances we both have had some breakthroughs in our careers. Tevin recently submitted his script for a movie he's been writing for the past year. We also discuss all that's happened since I released the Jane Elliott interview. Join us as we reflect and bounce ideas off one another... Be enlightened, be inspired, be empowered!

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On this episode I have the honor of collaborating with Portland Sneaker Week and interviewing world-renown shoe designer Chris Dixon. Chris hails from Fayetteville, NC, but his dreams, drive, and determination have taken him all over the world, as it pertains to design. This 2017 Pensole/Foot Locker World Sneaker Champion shared every step of his journey with me. J. Cole may be the nicest with a pen out of NC, but after you listen to this episode you will undoubtably acknowledge that Chris Dixon is the nicest with a pencil out of NC... Be enlightened, be inspired, be empowered!

Portland Sneaker Week 2020 is all digital this year. Anyone one anywhere can sign up and take part in the experience! Go too www.sneakerweekpdx.com to check out the activities happening Aug 7-14

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William Johnson and I interviewed Jane Elliott on June 30th, 2020. We spoke about the racial climate of the country, post George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Jane educated us in typical no-nonsense Jane Elliott fashion. We discussed the business of racism, the prevalence of pale-faced ignorance, 52 years of social distancing, reservations, reparations, and moving forward as one human race... Be empowered, be inspired, be enlightened!

(circa 2018) This is part 2 of the "I'm really not racist" series. It's the second half of the conversation with my guy Spencer Crum. Below are time stamps of the various themes we touch on over throughout the convo... Enjoy!

- [1:20] To pimp a reformed terrorist

- [9:40] COINTELPRO/Black Identity Extremists

- [13:40] The bright side of Trump’s presidency

- [21:30] The injustice continues

- [29:45] The gentrification of diversity

- [38:35] Yeah… I went there

- [49:18] Not all of us have patience for the government to get its ish together

- [52:30] Unity will drive the change

- [1:00:25] Spencer luh da kids

- [1:10:00] Politics and Corporations

I really want you all to get as much out of this conversation as I did. I really didn’t know what was going to come of this conversation but the end result was much greater than I imagined! I am joined by Spencer Crum in part 1 of this series. He gives a perspective of growing up as someone who culturally identified as black, even though he has no African/aboriginal ethnic ties... Enjoy!

Show notes: - Introducing Spencer Crum: Straight outta Pre-Gentrified N x NE Portland - The cultural appropriation of the Chinese tattoo in the black community lol! (10:02) - The solicitation (27:30) - Spencer’s Childhood. Early friendships with African Americans. (28:18) - Taste of displacement (30:26) - The whiteness of Portland (32:01) - Ashy black man; Spencer’s self-identification (35:10) - Spencer Sprewell (40:08) - Socially African-American (42:05) - Coming of Age (53:00) - I can no longer claim to be black (1:00:25) - Developmentally appropriate? Emmanuel hops in real quick (1:05:20) - Identity (1:12:00) - The social construct of race (1:17:30)