Here is SHOW #69: POLITICS AND RACE. In this show, I pose the question and suggest that the average citizen still selects a candidate based upon his/her race. Although a majority of us listen and support a candidate based upon their issues, stance on different policies, values, beliefs, agenda, and accomplishments, there is STILL a certain percentage of the reason for WHY we select a candidate and I CONTEND that RACE is a part of that equation. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Please email me at: [email protected]. Regardless of your political affiliation -- Democrat, Republican, Independent, Green party or Other -- send me an email and share your perspective. After listening to my podcast, please LIKE or SUBSCRIBE. Final takeaway from this podcast -- PLEASE GO VOTE!! This is a Midterm election so it is very important across the United States! EVERYONE PLEASE VOTE PARTICULARLY COLLEGE STUDENTS!! Peace Out!

Here is SHOW #68: DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE EXPRESSING YOUR ETHNICITY OR NOT IN THE U.S. OR ELSEWHERE? In this show, I begin by defining the word "Ethnic Groups" and then provide examples of ethnic groups within our U.S. racial populations. Next, I pose the question to the listening audience -- Since you live in an increasingly racially diverse world and community, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE EXPRESSING YOUR ETHNICITY on a daily basis particularly on college and university campuses across the U.S. and elsewhere? I have had an interesting response from college students but I would like to find out what is the general pattern or preference among my listening audience of this podcast show. Please email me at: [email protected] and share with me your experiences or preference. I think this is a very critical question to DIG DEEPER INTO now simply because our universities and colleges are changing rapidly and we need to find out what are the opinions of our college students and those who are NOT college students living in this world and their own individual communities.  As I always say, this PODCAST FORUM is for us to connect, engage, discuss, debate and LEARN from each other. Thank you for listening and let's continue to grow together! PEACE OUT!

Here is SHOW #67 - THE RAPIDLY CHANGING RACIAL & ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION. In this show, I highlight the EXCITEMENT that I feel to see the INCREASED racial and ethnic diversity in my college classes beginning this fall semester! WOW!! This increase in diversity was reflected in the 2020 census for the U.S. population and NOW this INCREASED diversity is showing up in my college classes. My question to the LISTENING AUDIENCE -- Do YOU see this INCREASED racial and ethnic diversity on your college campus? Please send me an email at: [email protected] if you do or do not. I would really like to know what is the diversity of your student population now in 2022. I believe there is a DRAMATIC SHIFT in our population and it could be showing up on our college and university campuses this fall semester!! In my opinion, this is a GREAT NEW TREND! PEACE OUT!

Here is SHOW #66 - CELEBRATING 4 YEARS OF RACE & ETHNIC RELATIONS ON CAMPUS BOOK.  In this show, I CELEBRATE the publication of my 2018 book entitled, "Race and Ethnic Relations on Campus: Understanding, Empowerment, and Solutions for College Students." It is a book that I am most proud of because so many college students are embracing and taking the time to discuss these serious race and ethnic relations issues. It is an academic topic that still gets overlooked because of the sensitivity of the topics yet it is a topic that TODAY'S college students are desperately wanting to discuss and DEBATE. This book provides the foundation, direction and momentum to take race and ethnic relations issues to a DEEPER LEVEL. In this podcast, I also highlight the chapters and give you the major reasons why I wrote this book some 4 years ago. Interestingly, many of the issues in this book relate directly to events and issues today in 2022 AND beyond! After listening to this CELEBRATORY podcast, send me your thoughts about my book at: [email protected] OR [email protected]. As always, take the time to get to know others who look different than you so that each and everyone of us can help SOLVE many of the challenging issues related to race and ethnic relations in our communities, our state, our country, and our world! PEACE OUT!

Here is SHOW #65 - HOW ARE INFLATION and OUR U.S. ECONOMY AFFECTING GEN Z COLLEGE STUDENTS TODAY? In this show, I highlight the SERIOUSNESS of our inflation and the state of our U.S. economy upon what it is mentally doing to our GEN Z college students today! It is a very difficult issue to discuss yet many of my GEN Z college students are concerned about how they (individually and their families) can overcome the sky-rocketing costs of gas, foods, supplies, and tuition that is happening to a vast majority of folks this summer and this fall. Not only do I address this issue, I share with the audience my own personal experience when I attended college during the late 70s and the U.S. economy was going through a major inflation as well. In addition, I share a personal story from one of my own college students today and how he is concerned about his GEN Z PEERS and whether they are equipped to deal with REAL WORLD ISSUES TODAY!! You have to listen to this poignant statement from one of my GEN Z COLLEGE STUDENTS. If you have ANY COMMENT or FEEDBACK from this podcast show, PLEASE EMAIL me at:  [email protected]. You can also SHARE my podcast with your friend or family and SUBSCRIBE on your individual podcast platform.  As ALWAYS, STAY SAFE and continue to meet new folks who are different than you. The WORLD will be a better place for it. PEACE OUT!

Here is Show #64 - MY COLLEGE STUDENTS DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN COMING TOGETHER. In this show, I highlight the outstanding and fantastic job that my college students in my Race and Ethnic Relations class at ECU did this past spring semester! I was pleasantly pleased in their interactions, discussions, photos, and frank comments on a number of culturally and societal sensitive issues throughout the entire semester. These students wanted to LEARN from other students who did not look like them and they absorbed it wholeheartedly! Of course, there were disagreements and debates on certain topics yet it was done professionally and with respect. In the end, my students STEPPED UP, CONFRONTED POLITICALLY-SENSITIVE TOPICS and CAME TOGETHER! I believe that's what my class is all about and it gives me HOPE and ASPIRATION that the next set of students will want to DIVE DEEPER into many of these race and ethnic relations issues that they do not get the opportunity to discuss academically in the college years. Please send me an email at: [email protected] to share some POSITIVE comments about COMING TOGETHER and SOLUTIONS on how to IMPROVE Race and Ethnic Relations on your college campus or in our communities throughout the U.S.! Have a Great summer and PEACE OUT!

Here is Show #63 - THE BUFFALO AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOOTINGS: WHEN WILL IT END? First of all, it is a very sad, sad day and podcast show to actually do. Often, I try to wait to do a show like this because of the respect to the lives lost and families affected by such tragedy. Yet, these two tragedies made me to act and TALK about these issues as opposed to being silent. WE can no longer be silent about these hateful acts against other folks. In this podcast, I provide you some of the details and backstory of the people involved that you may not have heard yet. I also attempt to provide some basic strategies of HEALING and COMING TOGETHER so that these types of events can be reduced in numbers and become more of a rare event or not occur at all. Please send me your heart-felt comments at [email protected] Please do not send any hate messages because this is not the platform to do it. Let's all of us find new ways to COME TOGETHER! PEACE OUT!

Here is Show #62 - THE CULTURAL IMPACT of WILL SMITH ASSAULT on CHRIS ROCK at the OSCARS! Yes.... this Hollywood event IMPACTS my college students because often times we talk about Pop Culture and this happens to be one of the most talked about pop cultural event that just happened this past week! The fact that actor Will Smith went on stage and slapped Chris Rock during a GLOBALLY TELEVISED EVENT and got away with it without any retribution during the event and days after was VERY DISTURBING TO WITNESS and SEE AGAIN and AGAIN on all types of media outlets - TV, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter! Most importantly, I felt SADDENED as a BLACK MALE in our society to see this so-called "Hollywood Elite" resort to VIOLENCE after a joke by Chris Rock!!! It was SICKENING and SHAMEFUL! Surprisingly, the only other Black Male who denounced this was Mr. KAREEM ABDUL-JABAAR! I say THANK YOU Kareem and all the other "Brothers" and kind-hearted folks of all backgrounds and faiths to denounce the deplorable assault on another person during a LIVE EVENT! Please listen to my PODCAST and send me your opinion because I'm sure there's many who may disagree with my opinion. Email me at: [email protected]. I hope SOMEHOW this PODCAST SHOW reaches Will Smith or his "partners" or "entourage" or "handlers" or "posse" so that he knows that he messed it up for many of us "BROTHERS" who are doing our BEST to keep it REAL and be the ROLE MODELS that many young brothers need in this world today!!! Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE! Thank you APPLE PODCAST, iHEARTRADIO, GOOGLE PODCASTS, PODBEAN, AMAZON PRIME, and SPOTIFY!

Here is SHOW #61 - "KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: SHOULD SHE BE THE NEXT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE" in which I do a DEEPER-DIVE into who she is, what she stands for, what were her past law rulings, and how she will most likely decide on future supreme court justice issues. Let me say right up front -- YES! YES! YES! This is the first time that I learned about Ketanji Brown Jackson and the research that I did for myself provided me enough information to state clearly that KEYANJI BROWN JACKSON SHOULD BE THE NEXT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE! Please listen to my Podcast show and then you can determine whether you AGREE or DISAGREE with my decision. You can email me at: [email protected]. Please also like and SUBSCRIBE to my podcast on all the various platforms such as Podbean, Apple Podcast, Google Play, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Audible (Amazon Prime), and Spotify! PEACE OUT!

Here is SHOW #60 - "The NFL and the LACK OF BLACK HEAD COACHES" in which I discuss the appalling deficit of Black, African American Head Coaches in the National Football League (NFL) as of today - January 31st, 2022. As of today and the recording of this podcast, there is ONLY 1 Black, African American Headcoach in the NFL! His name is Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The two other black headcoaches were FIRED at the end of the 2021 season -- Brian Flores and David Culley. Yes.. there are new black, African American new General Managers being hired in Chicago and Minnesota yet there is still no major INCENTIVE for owners to hire persons of color at the HEADCOACHING position. This is simply WRONG. I love the game of football particularly at the highest level of play among all of these very skilled super athletes yet VERY DISAPPOINTED in 2022 to see only ONE black African American Head Coach in the NFL. What do you think about this situation in a professional sport that makes MILLIONS of dollars every year and one that will celebrate the SUPERBOWL in just a few weeks? Please email me your opinion at: [email protected].  Time for the OWNERS and the NFL COMMISSIONER to step up!