Episode 301, September 26, 2026 -"Racism is still alive, yellow tape and colored lines."
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Welcome to Rational Black Thought, the podcast where we examine politics, religion, culture, and power from a Black, secular, skeptical, and uncompromising perspective. I am your host, the Neo Griot.
This week's episode is titled "Racism Is Still Alive, Yellow Tape and Colored Lines," from Kendrick Lamar. The lyric: "Racism is still alive, yellow tape and colored lines."
Yellow tape. The crime-scene tape that goes up around a Black body. Racism as enforcement — the line the state draws around the violence done to us.
Colored lines. The color line. The lines drawn on maps and in schools and between neighborhoods that sorted whole families into worth and worthlessness.
The tape is the violence. The lines are the structure. The quiet implementation of hierarchy that happens before the violence ever has to show up.
And that's the thing I want to sit with this week. Who draws the line? Who decides what counts, who belongs on which side?
None of it was ever natural. It was decided. By people. And racism is still alive because the deciding never stopped.
Intro:
Quote of the Week: Hubert Harrison
Unmasking the News:
Democracy Watch: Ban the Witnesses, and the Election Happens in the Dark Erase the Study, and You Erase the Analysis Diego is no Jesus Good News: They Didn't Wait for the Media Caravan Bible Study with an Atheist: Why is this in the Bible?
Reflections and Call to Action:
Closing/Outro:
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/19/nx-s1-5974854/trump-cnn-msnow-politico-banhttps://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/17/university-texas-austin-cuts-race-gender-majors/https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/fort-worth-pastor-alonzo-diego-fuller-sexual-assault-bond-violation-september-2026/https://thegrio.com/2026/09/20/esube-izzy-wondwossen-found-safe/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
