This week’s episode discussed our recent attendance at DJ Expo in Atlantic City and our takeaways from that experience.  

Here are links for the DJ’s and content creators mentioned:

https://bio.site/djjustinlove

DJX Show | See. Hear. Connect.

@clevelandterry | Linktree

Nick Spinelli | Linktree

DJ Rachel 🎧 | Linktree

Barr Entertainment

Rick Weber | Linktree

Jason Jani (iamjasonjani.com)

@joebunn | Linktree

The Kung Fu DJ (@thekungfudj) TikTok | Watch The Kung Fu DJ's Newest TikTok Videos

Here are resources from our shorter segments:

• WWGTR News: 
  • Federal Judge Sentences Three Men Convicted of Racially Motivated Hate Crimes in Connection with the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia | OPA | Department of Justice
  • 4 current and former cops were federally charged in Breonna Taylor's death : NPR
  • Nearly $1.5 million settlement approved for correctional officers of color who were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin - CNN
  • Here’s What’s In The Inflation Reduction Act – Forbes Advisor
  • Inflation Reduction Act tackles climate but could hurt marginalized people : NPR
  • Trump Claims He’s a Victim of Tactics He Once Deployed - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • 911 calls Seattle, Washington: Woman calls police on Black man standing in front of his home | Video - ABC7 Chicago
  • Cracker Barrel Added Vegan Sausage and Meat-Loving Customers Are Mad (entrepreneur.com)
    • Microaggressions: Microaggressions (Clean) - YouTube
    • WPS: 
      • WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
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    • Black Entrepreneurship: 
      • Into Fields Live Entertainment- FEMALE DJ COMPANY
      • The Importance of National Black Business Month – Black Girl Nerds

This week’s episode discusses interracial relationships.  We discuss the historical context, some numbers, media influence, and of course our personal experiences and opinions.  

 Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode.

• U.S. Approval of Interracial Marriage at New High of 94% (gallup.com)
• Intermarriage-May-2017-Full-Report.pdf (pewresearch.org)
• 20 million Americans oppose interracial marriage (substack.com)
• Interracial Marriage in "Post-Racial" America | Origins (osu.edu)
• Loving v. Virginia | Oyez
• Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy by Sheryll Cashin
• Microaggressions: Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
• WPS: 
  • WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
• In The News: 
  • Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in Russian prison (espn.com)
  • Three police die in 'pure hell' Kentucky shooting - BBC News
  • Results: Kansas voters decide 'no' on the abortion amendment : Live Coverage: 2022 Primaries : NPR
  • Bill Russell, Celtics Center Who Transformed Pro Basketball, Dies at 88 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell deserves our reverence, understanding and respect (espn.com)
  • Infowars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents $49.3 million for hoax claims : NPR
  • 1955 Arrest Warrant in Emmett Till Case Is Found in Court Basement - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • Emmett Till's accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham seen in Kentucky for the first time in nearly 20 years | Daily Mail Online
  • Nichelle Nichols of ‘Star Trek’ Showed America a Different Future - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • The story behind 'Star Trek' actress Nichelle Nichols' iconic interracial kiss (theconversation.com)

Black Entrepreneurship: Partake - Partake Foods | Super Delicious Cookies

This week’s episode discusses the Racial Wealth Gap.  Focus is given to the historical and systemic components as well as discussion on class and Haves vs. Have Nots.  We look at what is needed to narrow the gap.  

 Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:

• Explained | Racial Wealth Gap | FULL EPISODE | Netflix - YouTube
• INSIGHT_Still-Running-Up-Down-Escalators_vF.pdf (duke.edu)
• Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities – Harvard Gazette
• Why The Racial Wealth Gap Is So Hard To Close : Planet Money : NPR
• Getting Serious About Closing Racial Wealth Gap Means Looking For New, Large Solutions (forbes.com)
• Top 1% Of U.S. Households Hold 15 Times More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Combined (forbes.com)

Here are resources from our shorter segments:

• Microaggressions: Theme = Denial of Individual Racism or Racial Biases Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
• WPS: Enslaved People on Confederate Money
  • Object of Intrigue: Confederate Currency - Atlas Obscura
  • WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
• In The News: 
  • Democrats introduce bill to enact term limits for Supreme Court justices | The Hill
  • House Republicans All Vote Against Neo-Nazi Probe of Military, Police (newsweek.com)
  • Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism - Roll Call
  • Matt Gaetz among 20 Republicans to vote no on anti-trafficking bill (usatoday.com)
  • Kenly Town Council closed meeting on police resignations | Raleigh News & Observer (newsobserver.com) 
  • Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Official Teaser - YouTube
• Black Entrepreneurship: Source of Knowledge Bookstore in Newark, NJ.  
  • Source of Knowledge - Black Book Stores, Black Books, Online Store (sourceofknowledgebookstore.com)

This week’s episode discusses Representation in the Entertainment Industry.  We discuss film and television over the span of our lifetimes and our experiences and thoughts regarding representation in those spaces.  We share information and statistics regarding Black Representation in Film and Entertainment, both on and off screen.

Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:

• Seeing and believing: Meeting Black audience demand for representation that matters | Nielsen
• Representation of Black talent in film and TV | McKinsey
• The evolution of Black representation on television | University of Arizona News
• Social Sciences | Hollywood Diversity Report 2022 | Social Sciences (ucla.edu)
• A history of Black representation in Hollywood: progress of appropriate portrayal – The Wilson Beacon

 Here are resources from our shorter segments:

• Microaggressions: Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
• WPS: Chadwick Boseman SNL Black Jeopardy - Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman - SNL - YouTube
  • WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
• In The News: 
  • Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • Arizona's governor has signed a law that limits filming police : NPR
  • Here’s What You Need to Know About the House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org)
  • Family calls for Sesame Place to fire Rosita performer, new apology (usatoday.com)
  • Desus and Mero Reportedly Broke Up Over Manager Victor Lopez (vulture.com)
• Black Entrepreneurship: 
  • Black Sands Official Store
  • Manuel and Geiszel Godoy Speak On Ancient Black Culture, Black Comics, Shark Tank + More - YouTube
  • King & Queen Lion on Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@kingandqueenlion?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

This week’s episode discusses Driving While Black (DWB) and the even more specific interracial police stops of DWBWWG, Driving While Black With White Girl. Studies have shown that Black drivers are stopped at higher rates than White drivers, treated less respectfully, are more likely to be searched, more likely to be arrested, and more likely to be exposed to excessive force than White drivers.  Some of the statistics of DWB and personal experiences of DWBWWG police stops are shared.  

Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:

• The Stanford Open Policing Project
• Driving while Black and unwarranted traffic stops cry out for reform (usatoday.com)
• A large-scale analysis of racial disparities in police stops across the United States | Nature Human Behaviour
• Racial Bias in Police Traffic Stops: White Residents’ County-Level Prejudice and Stereotypes Are Related to Disproportionate Stopping of Black Drivers - Marleen Stelter, Iniobong Essien, Carsten Sander, Juliane Degner, 2022 (sagepub.com)

Here are resources from our shorter segments:

• Microaggressions: Microaggressions (Clean) - YouTube
• WPS: The Daughters of the British Empire in the USA (dbenational.org)
  • (3) Daughters of the British Empire in New Jersey | Facebook
• WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
• In The News: 
  • Akron police video of Jayland Walker
  • After police kill unarmed Black man Jayland Walker, Akron police release bodycam footage | PBS NewsHour
  • Gun Violence Archive.
  • More than 220 shot and killed in U.S. gun violence over July 4 holiday weekend - CBS News
  • Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia (espn.com)
  • Derek Chauvin: George Floyd's killer sentenced to 21 years in federal prison - CNN
  • 'It's a dream come true to be a Raider' for Las Vegas native and team president Sandra Douglass Morgan (raiders.com) 
• Black Entrepreneurship: Me and the Bees Lemonade
  • https://www.meandthebees.com/
  • Healthy Hive Foundation
  • Book: Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid By Mikaila Ulmer
  • Our Favs: Mary - Prickly Pear & Classic / Justin - Black Cherry & Ginger

This episode dives into our personal feelings on July 4th and Juneteenth.  We discuss some of the history of Juneteenth, issues with the way some states are observing it, and how white people could choose to respond in a respectful way.  

Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:

• What is Juneteenth? The 156-year-old holiday, explained. - Vox
• R44865.pdf (fas.org)
• States are slow to make Juneteenth a paid holiday : NPR
• Tim Wise - Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) / Twitter
  • Why Juneteenth Matters For White People, Too - YES! Magazine (yesmagazine.org)
• 10 Things We Want White People to Do to Celebrate Juneteenth - Wayside Youth & Family Support Network
• Juneteenth was finally recognized as a federal holiday. Then came commercialization. (nbcnews.com)
• Langston Hughes Poem - Let America Be America Again
  • Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes - Poems | poets.org
• Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
  • Stamped From The Beginning — IXK. (ibramxkendi.com)

Here are resources from our shorter segments:

• WPS: NC Apple Festival director resigns over Juneteenth Facebook post (blueridgenow.com) 
• WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
• In The News: Abortion is also about racial justice : NPR
• Black Entrepreneurship: Lionel Johnson - Brotha with a Camera
  • BWC Photography (bwcphotos.com)