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Rational Black Thought Episode #52 October 02, 2021 - A Change is Gonna Come

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Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The Gamification of Social Change: https://www.gamify.com/what-is-gamification and https://yukaichou.com/gamification-examples/octalysis-complete-gamification-framework/ News: Gabby Petito case raises question: Why don't missing people of color get attention? https://www.today.com/news/gabby-petito-case-raises-question-dont-missing-people-color-get-attent-rcna2247 and https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040391878/jelani-day-identified-missing-bloomingtonR Kelly found guilty: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/jurors-resume-deliberations-r-kelly-trial-2021-09-27/Woman’s Last Words to Mom Before Being Intubated 'I Don’t Want to Die' of COVID, plus unvaccinated pregnant woman says she is “praying for a miracle” before she dies: https://people.com/health/unvaccinated-pregnant-nurse-who-died-of-covid-final-post/ and https://people.com/health/woman-uses-last-words-before-being-intubated-to-tell-mom-she-doesnt-want-to-die-of-covid/A ‘Sovereign Citizen’ claimed her home as his own: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/nyregion/moors-newark.htmlOklahoma minister tackled by man who allegedly caught him fondling boy: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-michael-coghill-oklahoma-minister-arrested-touching-boy-tackled-father-lewd-20210928-7rr7zj3aljh5jlu24irwwl5s6e-story.htmlTrump claims that Arizona audit shows he won…it didn’t: https://abq.news/2021/09/fact-check-pro-trump-cyber-ninjas-election-audit-comes-up-short/Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'good Christian' abortion meltdown: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-s-good-christian-abortion-meltdown-ncna1280110This shit is for us: Nation Building: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-29621219 and https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1934-w-e-b-du-bois-negro-nation-within-nation/ Bible Study with Atheist Mike: What do Christians think God is? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6095990/ Closing: Memoriam for Barbara Campbell Cooke: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/arts/music/barbara-campbell-cooke-dead.html Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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