This week’s episode discussed our recent attendance at DJ Expo in Atlantic City and our takeaways from that experience.  

Here are links for the DJ’s and content creators mentioned:

https://bio.site/djjustinlove

DJX Show | See. Hear. Connect.

@clevelandterry | Linktree

Nick Spinelli | Linktree

DJ Rachel 🎧 | Linktree

Barr Entertainment

Rick Weber | Linktree

Jason Jani (iamjasonjani.com)

@joebunn | Linktree

The Kung Fu DJ (@thekungfudj) TikTok | Watch The Kung Fu DJ's Newest TikTok Videos

Here are resources from our shorter segments:

• WWGTR News: 
  • Federal Judge Sentences Three Men Convicted of Racially Motivated Hate Crimes in Connection with the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia | OPA | Department of Justice
  • 4 current and former cops were federally charged in Breonna Taylor's death : NPR
  • Nearly $1.5 million settlement approved for correctional officers of color who were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin - CNN
  • Here’s What’s In The Inflation Reduction Act – Forbes Advisor
  • Inflation Reduction Act tackles climate but could hurt marginalized people : NPR
  • Trump Claims He’s a Victim of Tactics He Once Deployed - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • 911 calls Seattle, Washington: Woman calls police on Black man standing in front of his home | Video - ABC7 Chicago
  • Cracker Barrel Added Vegan Sausage and Meat-Loving Customers Are Mad (entrepreneur.com)
    • Microaggressions: Microaggressions (Clean) - YouTube
    • WPS: 
      • WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
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    • Black Entrepreneurship: 
      • Into Fields Live Entertainment- FEMALE DJ COMPANY
      • The Importance of National Black Business Month – Black Girl Nerds

This week’s episode discusses interracial relationships.  We discuss the historical context, some numbers, media influence, and of course our personal experiences and opinions.  

 Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode.

• U.S. Approval of Interracial Marriage at New High of 94% (gallup.com)
• Intermarriage-May-2017-Full-Report.pdf (pewresearch.org)
• 20 million Americans oppose interracial marriage (substack.com)
• Interracial Marriage in "Post-Racial" America | Origins (osu.edu)
• Loving v. Virginia | Oyez
• Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy by Sheryll Cashin
• Microaggressions: Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
• WPS: 
  • WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
• In The News: 
  • Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in Russian prison (espn.com)
  • Three police die in 'pure hell' Kentucky shooting - BBC News
  • Results: Kansas voters decide 'no' on the abortion amendment : Live Coverage: 2022 Primaries : NPR
  • Bill Russell, Celtics Center Who Transformed Pro Basketball, Dies at 88 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell deserves our reverence, understanding and respect (espn.com)
  • Infowars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents $49.3 million for hoax claims : NPR
  • 1955 Arrest Warrant in Emmett Till Case Is Found in Court Basement - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • Emmett Till's accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham seen in Kentucky for the first time in nearly 20 years | Daily Mail Online
  • Nichelle Nichols of ‘Star Trek’ Showed America a Different Future - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • The story behind 'Star Trek' actress Nichelle Nichols' iconic interracial kiss (theconversation.com)

Black Entrepreneurship: Partake - Partake Foods | Super Delicious Cookies

This week’s episode discusses the Racial Wealth Gap.  Focus is given to the historical and systemic components as well as discussion on class and Haves vs. Have Nots.  We look at what is needed to narrow the gap.  

 Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:

• Explained | Racial Wealth Gap | FULL EPISODE | Netflix - YouTube
• INSIGHT_Still-Running-Up-Down-Escalators_vF.pdf (duke.edu)
• Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities – Harvard Gazette
• Why The Racial Wealth Gap Is So Hard To Close : Planet Money : NPR
• Getting Serious About Closing Racial Wealth Gap Means Looking For New, Large Solutions (forbes.com)
• Top 1% Of U.S. Households Hold 15 Times More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Combined (forbes.com)

Here are resources from our shorter segments:

• Microaggressions: Theme = Denial of Individual Racism or Racial Biases Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
• WPS: Enslaved People on Confederate Money
  • Object of Intrigue: Confederate Currency - Atlas Obscura
  • WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
• In The News: 
  • Democrats introduce bill to enact term limits for Supreme Court justices | The Hill
  • House Republicans All Vote Against Neo-Nazi Probe of Military, Police (newsweek.com)
  • Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism - Roll Call
  • Matt Gaetz among 20 Republicans to vote no on anti-trafficking bill (usatoday.com)
  • Kenly Town Council closed meeting on police resignations | Raleigh News & Observer (newsobserver.com) 
  • Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Official Teaser - YouTube
• Black Entrepreneurship: Source of Knowledge Bookstore in Newark, NJ.  
  • Source of Knowledge - Black Book Stores, Black Books, Online Store (sourceofknowledgebookstore.com)