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Episode #247 – September 13, 2025 – “My People! My People!”

Rational Black Thought
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Send us Fan Mail Intro: Welcome to Episode 247. Let’s cut through the theater, expose the machinery, and get to the work that makes our people free. Intro: Feedback: Quote of the Week: Zora Neale Hurston, “Dust Tracks on a Road” Unmasking the News: The Roberts Court as a Political Actor: The rot is inside the house: When the “sanctuary” is the crime scene: Building profit with purpose: Strategies for Black Power: Black Unity not Uniformity Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20170216/html.phphttps://marylandmatters.org/2025/06/30/judge-gives-administration-until-tuesday-to-put-birthright-citizenship-plans-in-writing/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-uneasy-trumps-moves-expand-presidential-power-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-09-11/https://www.wrdw.com/2025/09/10/stolen-name-stolen-benefits-new-details-alleged-cult-fbi-raid-mansion/https://www.blackenterprise.com/elevating-your-excellence-jamauri-bogan-community-developer-2/https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/black-power/#utmPower Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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