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Rational Black Thought Episode #21 Feb 27, 2021 - Why do the dumbest people think they're smart?

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Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Why do the dumbest people think they are smart? (Dunning/Kruger Effect): https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740 News: A Black Officer Came Face to Face With Racism: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/politics/capitol-riot-harry-dunn.htmlCherokee Nation Addresses Bias Against Descendants Slaves: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/politics/cherokee-nation-black-freedmen.htmlDefrocked priest, 85, is charged with raping a nine-year-old boy: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9277059/Defrocked-priest-85-charged-raping-nine-year-old-school-Bathurst-1980s.htmlBlack Lives Matter opens up about its finances: https://thegrio.com/2021/02/23/black-lives-matter-finances/What adopting a white baby taught one Black family: https://www.today.com/parents/african-american-couple-adopt-white-foster-baby-t161976US Coronavirus Update: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/obituaries/elizabeth-duff-dead-coronavirus.htmlWinning Documentary Exposing U.S. Government for oppressing Black communities: https://www.blacknews.com/news/brandi-webb-betrayal-of-a-nation-documentary-exposing-us-government-oppressing-black-communities/This shit is for us: Pan-Africanism vs. Afrocentricity: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/10/287320160/stokely-carmichael-a-philosopher-behind-the-black-power-movement, http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/scarmichael-2.html and http://www.asante.net/articles/1/afrocentricity/#:~:text=Afrocentricity%20is%20a%20paradigm%20based,novel%20ways%20of%20analyzing%20information. Bible Study with Atheist Mike: New Bible Study Next Month Closing: Morgan State University recently announced receipt of a $20 million commitment from Black alumnus: https://goodblacknews.org/2021/02/22/calvin-e-tyler-jr-former-ups-driver-and-morgan-state-university-alumnus-endows-the-hbcu-with-20-million/ Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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