We speak with historian Dr. Kimberley Ellis aka Dr Goddess about the Tulsa Race Riots of 2021 and what happened to the Greenwood section of town which was known as Black Wall Street. Dr. Ellis gives a thorough breakdown of the tragic events that led up to what was actually a massacre. She talks about […]
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Black and Asian Solidarity in the Face of Hate…
We speak with Oakland city councilwoman Carroll Fife and long time activist Dr. Connie Wu about the recent uptick in crimes and attacks on the elderly in Chinatown. We talk about the divisive tactics used by Oakland Mayor Libby Shaaf to pit Black and Asian communities against one another as she erroneously and disingenuously attributes […]
White Liberalism, Neo Colonialism and the Struggle for Black Progress.
We speak with scholars Lasana Hotep and Dr. Michael Benitez about the confluence of white and neoliberal, and neo-colonialist influences on contemporary ideologies and practices of social policy. We look at the history of ‘the white moderate’ described by Dr. Martin Luther King in his famous ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail.’ In the letter, King […]
A Tribute to Baseball Legend Hank Aaron
We speak with long time sports journalist Dave Zirin of the Nation Magazine and The Edge of Sports about the sudden passing of baseball legend Hank Aaron. Many consider him to be the greatest baseball player to ever take the field. Later in the show, Rosa Clemente speaks with poet Jessica CARE Moore about the […]
Kali Akuno: Insurrection, White Supremacy Our Next Steps
( HKR 01-11-21): We speak with long time organizer and freedom fighter Kali Akuno from Cooperation Jackson which is located in Jackson, Mississippi. We talk about the political fallout from the attempted coup in Washington DC on January 6th 2021. We also look at the dangers this attempted coup presents to Black people, especially since […]
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