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TonyTidbit: A Black Executive Perspective

TonyTidbit: A Black Executive Perspective

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 About the Podcast: "TonyTidbit: A Black Executive Perspective" offers a deep dive into the corporate world through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Hosted by Tony Franklin, aka Tony Tidbit, this podcast shines a light on vital conversations around race, leadership, and diversity, fostering understanding and change. https://ablackexec.com Meet Your Host: Tony Franklin has over three decades of corporate experience and provides transformative insights into diversity and inclusion, making each episode a journey of learning and empowerment. Why You Should Listen: - Diverse Perspectives: Insights from a variety of voices on challenges and triumphs in the corporate sphere. -Action-Oriented: Practical advice for advocating equity and allyship in the workplace. - Educational & Empathetic: A focus on empathy and education to drive impactful change. What to Expect: #BEPpodcast brings powerful transformations, empowering voices, addressing barriers, and delving into topics reshaping Corporate America. It's a platform uniting diverse voices and making a significant impact. Stay Connected: Follow @ablackexec on social media for insights and visit ablackexec.com for updates and additional content. Listen & Subscribe: "TonyTidbit: A Black Executive Perspective" is available on: Apple Podcasts: https://ablackexec.com/apple Spotify: https://ablackexec.com/spotify YouTube Podcasts: https://ablackexec.com/youtube Other Platforms: https://ablackexec.com/listen Join us in transforming the narrative on race, leadership, and diversity in Corporate America. Your participation matters! #BEPpodcast #TonyTidbit #CorporateDiversity #Inclusion #Leadership #RaceInCorporate #DiversityMatters #DEI This podcast uses analytics and growth tools from Podder, Chartable, Podsights, and Podcorn.© 2024 A BLACK EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this podcast may be reproduced without prior written permission. For permissions, email podcast@ablackexec.com Economics Social Sciences
Episodes
  • If Love Is So Powerful, Why Hasn’t It Erased Racism?

    If Love Is So Powerful, Why Hasn’t It Erased Racism?
    May 19 2026
    Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/if-love-is-so-powerful-why-hasnt-it-erased-racism-Episode Video Link: Dorothy Roberts joins A Black Executive Perspective for a powerful audio conversation about The Mixed Marriage Project, interracial marriage, systemic racism, Black identity, family, law, and the structures that still shape who we love and how society responds.This episode explores her parents’ interracial marriage in 1950s Chicago, the 500-plus interviews her father conducted with Black and white couples, and the deeper question at the center of the conversation. If love is powerful, why has it not erased racism?What You Will Learn• How race and law shaped interracial marriage in America • Why Chicago’s segregation exposed racism far beyond the South • How intimacy, family, and identity are shaped by structural racism • Why love must be connected to justice, accountability, and action▶︎ In This Episode00:00 Opening, Love, Race, and Family History01:20 Welcome to A Black Executive Perspective03:25 Dorothy Roberts’ Journey and Work10:00 Why The Mixed Marriage Project Matters13:30 Race, Love, Intimacy, and Law18:45 Slavery, Family Status, and White Power27:35 Dorothy’s Father and the 500 Interviews33:30 Was Her Family Part of the Research?40:10 Dorothy’s Mother, Courage, and Colorism47:20 Family Resistance, Marriage, and Moral Choices51:45 The Manassa Society and Anti-Blackness55:30 Chicago Segregation and Northern Racism01:03:15 Family Acceptance, Grandchildren, and Survival01:06:40 Love, Protest, and Racial Accountability01:11:20 Dorothy’s Message to the Audience01:14:15 Where to Find The Mixed Marriage Project01:18:20 Tony’s Tidbit and Closing ReflectionEmbrace L.E.S.S to eliminate all forms of discrimination. Learn: Educate yourself in cultural and racial realities. Empathy: Understand and respect different lived experiences. Share: Share your knowledge and your story to uplift others. Stop: Stop discrimination when you see it.🔗 ResourcesLinks and resources mentioned in this episode:🔔 Listen and SubscribeListen to this episode and subscribe for future updatessubscribe to A Black Executive Perspective podcast onYouTube PodcastsApple PodcastsSpotify PodcastsAmazon MusicOther platforms or by searching "TonyTidbit"if you like what we're doing and would like to support us, here's some ways you can help us continue the uncomfortable conversations that drive changesubscribe to our newslettergive us up to a 5 star review on Apple Podcastsshare an episode with a friend, family member or colleague🗣️ Follow @ablackexecfollow us across social media @aBlackExecLinkedInInstagramFacebookYouTubeTwitterTikTokWhatsApp⭐️ Follow @TonyTidbitfollow Tony across social media @TonyTidbitTwitterLinkedInFacebookThis episode was produced by TonyTidbit ™ . Copyright © 2024 A BLACK EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this podcast may be reproduced without prior written permission. For permissions, email podcast@ablackexec.com .
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Why Doesn’t War Feel Like War Anymore?

    Why Doesn’t War Feel Like War Anymore?
    May 15 2026
    Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/why-doesnt-war-feel-like-war-anymore-Episode Video Link: In this audio episode of A Black Executive Perspective Live, Tony Tidbit and Chris P. Reed examine why America keeps fighting conflicts while rarely calling them formal wars.This conversation explores power, politics, culture, military action, congressional accountability, public numbness, and the human cost of conflict. Tony and Chris break down the difference between war and conflict, why Americans often do not feel war unless it reaches our own soil, and how language can make military action easier to start, fund, and justify.It is a raw, timely, and necessary BEP conversation about leadership, accountability, civic responsibility, and the uncomfortable truth that war may not feel like war to the people watching from a distance.What you will learnWhy Congress and war declarations still matterHow Americans define war differently depending on who feels the painWhy military spending and domestic priorities are deeply connectedHow language, power, and politics shape public understanding▶︎ In This Episode00:00 Welcome to BEP Live02:20 America’s long history of conflicts03:45 War vs. conflict07:00 Congress and formal declarations of war10:15 Why 9/11 felt different12:00 Distance changes how America sees war23:00 Do Americans feel like we are at war?24:45 Gas prices, human loss, and public disconnect29:00 America, power, and the bully question33:15 Covert power and foreign policy history41:30 The cost of conflict and military spending47:30 Priorities, taxes, and political distraction53:00 When war stops feeling like war55:00 Embrace L.E.S.S. and closing thoughtsL.E.S.S. Call to ActionEmbrace L.E.S.S to eliminate all forms of discrimination. Learn: Educate yourself in cultural and racial realities. Empathy: Understand and respect different lived experiences. Share: Share your knowledge and your story to uplift others. Stop: Stop discrimination when you see it.🔗 ResourcesLinks and resources mentioned in this episode:🔔 Listen and SubscribeListen to this episode and subscribe for future updatessubscribe to A Black Executive Perspective podcast onYouTube PodcastsApple PodcastsSpotify PodcastsAmazon MusicOther platforms or by searching "TonyTidbit"if you like what we're doing and would like to support us, here's some ways you can help us continue the uncomfortable conversations that drive changesubscribe to our newslettergive us up to a 5 star review on Apple Podcastsshare an episode with a friend, family member or colleague🗣️ Follow @ablackexecfollow us across social media @aBlackExecLinkedInInstagramFacebookYouTubeTwitterTikTokWhatsApp⭐️ Follow @TonyTidbitfollow Tony across social media @TonyTidbitTwitterLinkedInFacebookThis episode was produced by TonyTidbit ™ . Copyright © 2024 A BLACK EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this podcast may be reproduced without prior written permission. For permissions, email podcast@ablackexec.com .
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    58 mins
  • What Happens When America Fails the Open Book Test?

    What Happens When America Fails the Open Book Test?
    May 14 2026
    Episode Title: Episode Audio Link: https://podcast.ablackexec.com/episode/what-happens-when-america-fails-the-open-book-test-Episode Video Link: Today, Dr. Nsenga Burton, host of Need to Know with Dr. Nsenga, delivers a bold reflection on buyer’s remorse, political accountability, and the consequences of failing the “open book test.”In this audio episode from A Black Executive Perspective, Dr. Burton examines what happens when people have access to the truth, ignore it, and later ask for sympathy after damage has been done. Through the lens of power, politics, culture, workplace equity, DEI rollback, civic responsibility, and community accountability, this episode challenges listeners to think seriously about voting choices, public hypocrisy, and the real impact of political decisions on Black communities, veterans, families, and workers.What You Will Learn• Why buyer’s remorse is not the same as accountability • How the open-book test explains political denial and civic failure • Why voters must own the consequences of their choices • Why staying informed is a responsibility, not a luxury▶︎ In This Episode0:00, Introduction to Need to Know0:34, Buyer’s Remorse and the Open Book Test1:28, When People Ignore What Was Clear2:20, Public Hypocrisy and Political Accountability3:25, Conflict, Veterans, and Policy Consequences5:15, Voting Rights, Redistricting, and Failing the Test6:10, Why Apologies Are Not Enough7:05, What Voters Accepted and Must Answer For8:13, A Message on Accountability and Leadership9:20, The Emotional Toll of Open Hostility10:22, No Do-Overs After Destruction11:42, Stay Informed, Stay Kind, Stay Focused🔗 ResourcesLinks and resources mentioned in this episode:🔔 Listen and SubscribeListen to this episode and subscribe for future updatessubscribe to A Black Executive Perspective podcast onYouTube PodcastsApple PodcastsSpotify PodcastsAmazon MusicOther platforms or by searching "TonyTidbit"if you like what we're doing and would like to support us, here's some ways you can help us continue the uncomfortable conversations that drive changesubscribe to our newslettergive us up to a 5 star review on Apple Podcastsshare an episode with a friend, family member or colleague🗣️ Follow @ablackexecfollow us across social media @aBlackExecLinkedInInstagramFacebookYouTubeTwitterTikTokWhatsApp⭐️ Follow @TonyTidbitfollow Tony across social media @TonyTidbitTwitterLinkedInFacebookThis episode was produced by TonyTidbit ™ . Copyright © 2024 A BLACK EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this podcast may be reproduced without prior written permission. For permissions, email podcast@ablackexec.com .
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    13 mins
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