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Rational Black Thought Episode #75 March 12, 2022 - Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge...Grandmaster Flash artwork

Rational Black Thought Episode #75 March 12, 2022 - Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge...Grandmaster Flash

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Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Don’t push me cause I’ close to the edge…: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d824da4727dfb5bd9e59d0c/t/615c7ae7c1b58c7f92fb2ce1/1633450730356/Black+Nonreligious+Americans+-+A+Brief+from+the+U.S.+Secular+Survey.pdf News: The Ukraine Crisis and Anti-Blackness In Immigration: https://newsone.com/4301129/ukrainian-refugee-crisis-spotlights-anti-blackness-immigration-system-undocublack/U.S. Senate passes anti-lynching bill: https://thegrio.com/2022/03/08/senate-passes-emmett-till-anti-lynching-bill/Update on Black man who punched a white man to death for calling him the N-word: https://newsone.com/4301409/lenient-sentence-for-black-florida-man-who-fatally-punched-white-man/2020 Census Undercounted Hispanic, Black and Native American Residents: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/us/census-undercounted-population.htmlAnother Black man accused of robbery trying to withdraw his own money from BoA: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-panther-director-was-falsely-accused-of-robbery-at-bank-of-america-it-s-eerily-similar-to-a-black-lawyer-s-experience/ar-AAUU0YT?ocid=msedgntpThis shit is for us: Do Ukrainian Lives Matter: Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Why are you a Christian? Because of geography: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3511951?read-now=1&seq=12#page_scan_tab_contents, https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff/gyaccp/geography and religion.pdf Closing: Thanks to Robert Marshall for telling his story: https://www.theroot.com/exclusive-robert-marshall-sexual-assault-survivor-le-1848543054 Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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