Oh the dialogue is good, real good. This part of the podcast started off with Antwan "Ish" Marby (Cohost) leading his argument w/ Dr. Umar about how there really is no Democrats v. Republicans because they both don’t care about Blacks and simply use different tactics to garner our votes—which everyone was in agreement with.
He then attempted to use that point to connect with the fact that because of this, he believes the bigger issue at hand in America was class not race. Dr. Umar proceeds to quickly deliver a rebuttal to this belief, by highlighting how other races/ethnicities have been weaponized to stifle & undermine Black progression and how White privilege is still an advantage even in the face of poverty or economic inequality. He reiterates that in America, race trumps everything.
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Donald Trump is a white supremacist.
People have been warning about this for a long time.
They were ridiculed, called hyperbolic & radical - not bc they were wrong, but bc others couldn’t accept that our country elected a supremacist as President.
This is fascism at our door.
Why is it hard for “THIS RIGHTEOUS PRESIDENT” (according to evangelicals) to denounce supremacy? If he’s “God’s Man” why isn’t that something that could be easily done? I’m sure a Godly man wouldn’t support supremacy, right? Or was he telling THEM to stand by? & by them I mean...
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color."
—Colin Kaepernick addressing the media, four years ago today, about his decision to sit for the national anthem
I commend the players on the @Bucks for standing up for what they believe in, coaches like @DocRivers, and the @NBA and @WNBA for setting an example. It’s going to take all our institutions to stand up for our values.