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  1. 11/04/2023

    Updates and Upcoming Shows

    Raina and I just wanted to update you all about a new show we plan to launch before the end of the year.I will resume this podcast. The first book to tackle is "The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover" and the inception of white Christian nationalism.My plan to launch a new project next year. I may touch on it in this podcast.

    1h 11m

  2. 07/15/2023

    Touch not mine ...

    We NEED to respond to Mandisa and the BN affiliates response (non-response). Mandisa always talks about hating hypocrites and she is the biggest hypocrite of them all. I guess accountability and responsibility are for everyone but her. I couldn't make this up if I wanted to. They (Mandisa Lateefah Thomas and the BN Affiliates) are basically gaslighting YOU! The next round of gaslighting central will focus on restorative justice. Sikivu Hutchinson has already laid the groundwork to restore Mandisa to her rightful place of touch not thine anointed one. Raina and I have pointed out that Sikivu and many others are complicit.  Predators of any sort should not be tolerated. However, with some of these people, they want the same treatment given to white men in particular. They will do anything to maintain their proximity to whiteness. We've been warning you about this since 2012. You got angry with us, but that's fine too... We really need to talk about sex cults and the harm that they inflict. It's same type of setup that the church has in regards to venerating the leader and anyone who disagrees is disfellowshipped and tossed out like trash.  People who are leaving religion need a soft place to land, but that's not in someones bed. They have been manipulated and exploited enough.

    1h 57m

  3. 04/08/2023

    Religiosity and the mass incarceration system.

    Please join Raina and Kim, Saturday, April 8, 2023 @ 1pm CDT, as they discuss religiosity and the mass incarceration system. Why isn't the secular community addressing these very real issues?  https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/12/523603112/alabama-senate-says-church-can-start-its-own-police-force https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/2019/09/05/opinion-why-we-should-concerned-alabamas-new-church-police/2198705001/ https://www.missioalliance.org/church-complicity-mass-incarceration/ https://religionnews.com/2020/11/16/new-book-examines-evangelicals-complex-approach-to-mass-incarceration/ https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2017/10/13/christianity-race-and-mass-incarceration https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/07/17/religious-ideals-shaped-broken-us-prison-system-can-they-also-fix-it https://lawliberty.org/book-review/did-evangelicals-shape-americas-mass-incarceration/ https://truthout.org/articles/faith-communities-must-stop-funding-programs-that-reinforce-mass-incarceration/ https://abolitionjournal.org/mass-incarceration-is-religious-and-so-is-abolition/ https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice/ending-mass-incarceration-christian-imperative https://emi.odyssey-impact.org/ https://www.scranton.edu/faculty/dammerh2/ency-religion.shtml#:~:text=For%20centuries%2C%20churches%20were%20among,while%20being%20isolated%20from%20others.

    1h 32m

  4. 02/04/2023

    He that beats the drum for the madmans dance isno better than the madman himself

    We don't even know where to begin, but we sure as hell know where it stops.

    2 hr

  5. 01/24/2021

    How many problematic whypipo do the Democrats need to 'feel comfortable'?

    Please join us as we discuss the current political and cultural climate in this country.  The Democrats are pushing a theme of unity and outreach. We can't afford to allow them to brush over what has taken place in this country since its inception. While some may feel that the Democrats are going to really push for change, we see that they are reaching out to groups of problematic whypipo who will never see or accept that Black people are human and deserve common human decency, dignity, and respect. How are we supposed to unify with people who are our enemies? We can't afford to continue to allow either party to continue to exploit and marginalize us anymore. However, it seems as though the Democrats are going out of their way to appeal to whypipo who will never accept them.  They seem more determined to find commonalities with people who hate them than with the Black people who have supported them for decades. The Democrats need to understand that even though we may not vote for the Republicans, we are not obligated to vote for them or vote at all. We owe it to ourselves to forge a new path while holding both parties, especially the Democrats, to account for their participation in our oppression. They both know exactly what they're doing.  We can't afford to let them forget about, turn away, explain away, or outright refuse our humanity and human rights. It's time to PUSH back hard.

    1h 39m

  6. 01/15/2021

    Conversation w/Dr. Jeffrey Perry: Hubert Harrison: Black Griot

    Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry (Jeff Perry) is an independant, working class scholar. formally educated at Princeton, Harvard, Rutgers, and Columbia. Volume 2 of his Hubert Harrison biography entitled "Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927" (Columbia University Press) was recently published in November 2020. Dr. Perry, an archivist, bibliophile, and historian, preserved and inventoried the "Hubert H. Harrison Papers" and helped to place them at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University and to develop the "Hubert H. Harrison Papers, 1893-1927: Finding Aid." These efforts, contributed to making writings of Hubert Harrison freely-accessible worldwide via the Hubert Harrison Papers Digital Collection on the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library website.

    1h 40m

  7. 01/10/2021

    When someone shows you who they are believe them!

    When someone shows you who they are believe them! There's nothing cryptic about that statement coined by Maya Angelou. It's the truth! We have been warning you about the dangers and pathology of whiteness. Yet, you continue to tell us that it's not really that bad and they wouldn't never stoop to that level. What say you now? There is so much to unpack. The storming of the Capitol in DC and state capitol's should not have surprised you. They openly planned these events. They openly plan because they know that they will be shielded and the laws only apply to the others. We need to be very careful about what we advocate for because the new 'domestic terrorism' laws will be wielded much heavier on marginalized groups. This is another way for them to infringe upon our right to assemble and voice our dissent. Pay attention! I distinctly warned you about what was going to happen. They didn't just start planning these events. America's politics have been stuck in the slavery/civil rights mindset. The Southern strategy is still in effect. None of this has changed. A lot of this pushback and disdain from white domestic terrorists have been playing out since the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Ted Cruz himself stated the he was ready to make a deal along the lines of the Compromise of 1877. Listen to what these people are saying out loud and in public. I need you to pay more attention to what is going on around you. These white domestic terrorist are hiding behind their Bibles, guns, manifest destiny/God given rights, and the delusion that everything belongs to them and living a good life at the expense of others is the American way. Anyway, please call in 310-982-4273 and press 1.

    1h 45m

  8. 12/30/2020

    Festivus, martyrs, and be best

    Join us as we recap 2020. There's so much to unpack and understand. Where do I start? What do we do? Who is responsible for everything that happened? How do we move forward? Is 2021 going to be better?

    1h 9m
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    Black FreeThinkers
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    2011 - 2023
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