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Rational Black Thought Episode #77 March 26, 2022 - "My dear, when people show you who they are, why don’t you believe them?” — Maya Angelou to Oprah Winfrey artwork

Rational Black Thought Episode #77 March 26, 2022 - "My dear, when people show you who they are, why don’t you believe them?” — Maya Angelou to Oprah Winfrey

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Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: Allow me to Retort…: https://www.amazon.com/Allow-Me-Retort-Black-Constitution/dp/1620976811 News: The GOP Staged a Racist Shit Show at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS Hearings: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gops-racist-clown-show-at-supreme-court-nominee-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation-hearingsHere’s what you get when racism and religion fuck and have a baby girl: https://hillreporter.com/watch-former-gop-senate-candidate-lauren-witzke-comes-out-in-favor-of-arranged-marriage-dowries-127220And some say we should want more cops on the streets: https://thegrio.com/2022/03/23/torture-and-murder-ronald-greene-case-turns-cop-vs-cop/How it’s done: https://www.theroot.com/black-women-led-philanthropy-to-grant-1-05-mil-to-blac-1848693610Anti-Vax Cop wins the Herman Cain Award…good fucking riddance: https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-lamay-anti-vax-washington-state-trooper-who-railed-at-jay-inslee-dies-after-covid-battleThis shit is for us: We can’t win without women: https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/yaa-asantewaa-mid-1800s-1921/, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-women-move-forefront-fight-racial-equality-n756416 Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Overlapping Crazies, why religion always leads to atrocities: https://ffrf.org/uploads/legal/Christian_Nationalism_and_the_Jan6_Insurrection-2-9-22.pdf Closing: Belated honor to a group of Black women veterans: https://newsone.com/4308232/all-black-women-wwii-unit-awarded-congressional-gold-medal/ Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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