Episodes

Today’s episode is entitled “We Got What We Wanted”. The 3rd in a 3 part series. Key Points: New Voting Laws have been passed since the last presidential election which many feel restrict voting rights Nobody will ever depriv...

Today’s episode is entitled “Struggling For Voting Rights”. The 2nd in a 3 part series. Key Points: The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. However many Black Women still could not vote due to Jim Crow Opelousas Mass...

Why did Black Americans have to fight so hard for the right to vote? Key Points: In March 1857, the Supreme Court issued a 7–2 decision against Dred Scott. In an opinion written by Chief Justice Roger Taney, the Court ruled t...

Does this group truly represent the interest of Black Americans? Key Points: BLM gained national attention after the August 9, 2014 police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown and the subsequent protests and unrest in Ferguso...

Why do Blacks squander so much of their money? Do Blacks need to change their values? Key Points: Black American buying power is at 1.1 Trillion; and yet only 2 cents of every dollar blacks spend in this country goes to black...

Why is there so much anger in the Black Community toward law enforcement? What is the root cause of this anger? Is it justified? Key Points: Most Americans have high confidence in police, except for black Americans. With a 1....

Are the police actually targeting Black people? Why do so many traffic stops conclude with the Black person getting killed? What’s the solution? Key Points: Statistical data does not support the claim that Blacks are being ta...

Should full assimilation into American society be a greater priority for Black Americans than the overzealous pursuit of cultural acceptance? Key Points: Are upper and middle-class Black Americans afraid of their own people, ...

In this episode, we do a deep dive into the reasons why black many students are not closing the education gap. Why do so many black students that attend public schools in the nation’s largest cities fail? What’s the root caus...

In this episode, a comparison is made between two economic classes (middle class & those living below the poverty level) within the black community. Does Education Play a Major Role in Moving from the Poverty Level to the Mid...

In this episode, we will consider the following questions: Why do Blacks always seem to have the lowest-paying jobs? What are the contributing factors? Is Black Culture the blame? Key Points: Black children are often taught t...

In this episode, we made the case that Black Americans should just call themselves Americans. Next, we pondered the question, "Are Black Americans the most patriotic of all Americans since: They are the only group that has fo...

In this episode, we discussed the purpose and intent of the podcast followed by a discussion on what enabled Black Americans to become so successful during the early decades after slavery ended. We also analyzed the factors t...

This podcast examines the progress that Black Americans have made in the post-Civil Rights era. The main question that we seek to answer is "Why Black Americans continue to lag behind all other groups in education and economics"? Is this a byproduct of racism? Is it largely due to the influenc…