Double Consciousness

Even racial politics impact the game of playing bridge when you're over 60, and a phrase as simple as "Welcome" may have the opposite of its intended effect.

The lengths females go to protect the male ego in relationships, film, and life.

What would you have done in Stevante Clark's shoes, and just how long can Oklahoma, let alone the country, underpay their teachers?

Reflecting on the murder of Stephon Clark, and if police brutality is generating a numbness to the narrative, or a deeper rage and intolerance for injustice.

A carefully calculated response for when someone tells you that an act of black love is actually an expression of hatred for people who are not black.

What song do you think is playing during the game of musical chairs in the white house, and just how deep do the accusations of Bruno Mars' appropriation go?

While sipping a diverse cup of coffee, Joetta and Toussaint discuss a listeners comment on their past discussion of Black Panther, as well as other fun things like asserting your blackness and the legal discrimination of dreadlocks in the hiring process.

Unfortunately, diversity is not as simple as sipping chocolate milk. We educate Illinois governor, Bruce Rauner, and hopefully ourselves regarding black names and potentially arming teachers with guns.

A semi-adult conversation about Black Panther, and if the film is progress or just progressive. Oh, and we talk about Black Hockey players as well.

White sells, and Toussaint cares for Joetta as she just finds out that Bill Paxton passed away... a year ago.

A jovial discussion about the rebranding of MLK and the great white riots of Philadelphia.

Will Walmart free their texturized hair products from glass prisons, and will sports culture ever speak to the cause of sexual assault instead of the effect?

Joetta laughs to the tune of jokes at her expense, and Toussaint gets pulled over for riding a blue bike.

Black love, new hotness, and "good" hair- oh my!