The Benjamin Dixon Show

7-28-21 | When Our Leaders Dance with the DevilTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

7-28-21 | Violent Conservative Reactions to Inconvenient Truths: January 6th and BeyondTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

7-27-21 | An Inflection Point In American HistoryTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

7-23-21 | White Supremacy Is Sacrificing Their Children For Their BigotryTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

7-22-21 | We Freestyle Better Than "Classical Liberals" Can WriteTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowWe making art over here.

7-21-21 | The Monetization of Space, Amazon Labor Struggles, and Billionaire Ego Measuring Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowSpace shouldn't be for sale to the highest bidder. Support the show! Patreon.com/BpDShow

Y'all, all I can say is that today's episode was so good and so funny that I refused to put it out without nailing it! Sorry, we're late! Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowIf you don't laugh yourself to tears, after getting informed and enjoying the community, then this isn't On The Clock, Like it Or Not, OR The Benjamin Dixon Show!Share! Share this podcast and leave a review on Apple iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-benjamin-dixon-show/id954648487

7-19-21 | From the Filibuster to the Algorithm: Black People's Fight Against SystemsTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowThe Senate filibuster is, yet again, being used as an excuse to not protect voting rights in America -- specifically for Black and brown people who would vote Republicans out of power. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are Democrats doing the bidding of Republicans on this matter. In addition to the bigotry of the filibuster, we're also having to fight the technology of the algorithm which has penalized our show for debunking covid misinformation. The algorithm conveniently doesn't know the difference between debunking misinformation and spreading misinformation but it certainly knows to demonetize our videos when we discuss Black Lives Matter. We discuss these stories and more with On the Clock with Georgia Fort and Like it Or Not with Rebecca Azor. Good morning, and welcome to the Benjamin Dixon Show.

7-16-21 | Biden Family Checks Sent Out | The Algorithm of Misinformation | Double-Consciousness Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowWEB DuBois spoke of the double-consciousness of being Black in America. Many of us discuss this from the perspective of "code-switching", but what happens when that code-switching maintains the exact system we are fighting against?Georgia Fort goes On The Clock to discuss the Biden checks being sent out and the incessant presence of misinformation particularly as it pertains to COVID-19. Then we discuss how that misinformation is driven by the very algorithms that drive social media. Anthony Galloway joins Georgia, James, and myself to discuss Joe Biden calling out "socialism." Then, the team gets a little personal discussing how each of us has had to navigate our experiences in corporate America as Black people. We've got another KAREN video. Perhaps one day we will see a Karen realize what is happening in real-time and instead of escalating like the Walmart Karen in our video, they will, instead, correct their behavior and let that positive moment go viral. We can hope, right?Finally, Mama Gwen joins us (DJXXXClusive's mother) and she discusses raising Black kids in the south!

7-15-21 | Racial Profiling Black Politicians and Fox Lecturing Black Women?Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowThe day is Tuesday, July 14th, 2021. Why do conservatives and those who suffer from white grievances want to be oppressed so badly that they create the boogeyman of “Critical Race Theory?” It’s because they know it is the narrative of the most oppressed group in society that wins the day. And they know their days reigning through white supremacy are numbered. Georgia Fort breaks down Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia covering voting rights. Dr. Carl Mack, and Bro. Anthony Galloway joined her to discuss whether the rhetoric was enough. Professor Anthea Butler and Professor Carl Livingston join me to discuss Cornel West’s resignation letter to Harvard Divinity School. Then we go through the news and see how it is that the stories of the day tie directly to the narrative of the oppressed that conservatives want so desperately to gentrify. 7-14-21 | White Grievance and Fragility in the Face of Real Oppression

Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowBlack life is not respected in this country. In fact, life is so disrespected in this country in general that it has become a game -- a political game in the hands of the powerful. Let's talk about this with Georgia Fort, Dr. Carl Mack, Rebecca Azor, James "Bubba" Williams, and yours truly.

7-12-21 | Trump, Critical Race Theory, Haiti, and DC ProtestsTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

7-9-21 Haiti, Geopolitics, and Blackness: Dr. Alain Pompilus Joins Rebecca Azor to Discuss Situation In Haiti Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowSuspects in the assasination of Hatiain President Jovenel Moïse have been apprehended. Their nationalities included Columbia and two men who were Haitian American. Dr. Alain Pompilus holds a Ph.D. in International Development and focuses on Haitian Security. He joins Rebecca Azor to discuss the implications. Georgia Fort breaks down the cruel “jokes” from police officers that find humor in our suffering. Anthony Galloway and Dr. Carl Mack join Georgia for “On the Clock.”I’ve been trying to decide which voice I would write these descriptions in, and I think I’ve decided to write them in my voice. I am truly blessed to have these conversations. Thank you for joining me to have these conversations.This is the Benjamin Dixon Show.

7-8-21 Reporter from Haitian Times on Assassination of Jovenel Moïse | Executive Director of ASCE on Miami Condo CollapseTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowFirst Lady of Haiti Martine Moïse arrives in South Florida for treatment after being shot multiple times during the assassination of her husband, the late President Jovenel Moïse.Rebecca Azor speaks with Vania André of the Haitian Times to get an update on the situation in Haiti and on the implications for the people of Haiti.Georgia Fort and Carl Mack speak with Thomas Smith III, Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers about the condominium collapse in Miami and the infrastructure report card for Black America.Progressive activist and journalist, Anoa Changa, joins us to discuss the Delta Variant of Covid and to provide all the details of the Buffalo, NY mayoral race where Byron Brown refuses to concede to India Walton who won the primary fair-and-square.

7-7-21 Live Coverage! Haitian President Jovenel Moise Assassinated | Darnella Frazier/George Floyd | Buffalo, NY Mayoral RaceTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShowWe begin this morning in Haiti where US-backed Haitian president Jouvenel Moise was assassinated in his home overnight according to a statement released by the Haitian prime minister.Then we come to the United States: Minneapolis, Minnesota -- where Darnella Frazier -- the young woman who captured THE George Floyd video announced in a heartbreaking social media post that she, too, has now lost someone to police violence.Jonathan Jay, DrPH JD, Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Public Health joins us to discuss the rise in gun violence -- not only in Black communities but in the American culture generally.Olayemi Olurin joins us to discuss the race in Buffalo, New York where incumbent mayor, Byron Brown, has launched a write-in campaign against the young sister who beat him in the primaries fair-and-square. India Walton is the young, Black Democratic Socialist who defeated the apparent-sore-loser, Byron Brown.We go to Tennessee to discuss the sorrowful courtroom scene in which the mother of Daniel Hambrick -- the Black man killed by Officer Andrew Delke as he ran away from the officer received only 3 years for the life of her son. Her sorrowful mourns filled the room. They are well acquainted with our sorrows.And, finally, Rebecca Azor leads the conversation on the assassination of Haitian president Jouvenel Moise and contextualizes it for clarity on what the PEOPLE of Haiti want versus the narratives the media will put out in light of the assassination.*** Update: Correction from today's broadcast. The wife of the Haitian president did not die in the attack and that report has been retracted. We will correct it fully on tomorrow's broadcast. ***Featured Music:Sture Zetterberg ft LaKesha Nugent - You Set My Soul on FireXavy Rusan & Tilden Parc - Earth (Light It Up)

7-6-21 | Whose Protest Will America Stand By? January 6th or Black Lives?Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

7-5-21 | Special Edition | What is the Fourth To Black AmericaTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

7-2-21 | The Hypocrisy of the SystemTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

7-1-21 | Difficult Conversations: Has America Changed Blacked People Or Have Black People Changed America?Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-29-21 | Not Just Headlines: Police Brutality and CultureTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-28-21 | The Battle Over History & Ensuring Truth SurvivesTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-25-21 | Inconvenient TruthTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-24-21 | White Performance or White AllyshipTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-23-21 Do Black Voters Matter?Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-22-21 | Two Systems of American Justice: Black and WhiteTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-21-21 Juneteenth and Prison Abolition | Filibuster and EvangelicalsTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

Sometimes I look at my black child and want to apologize,Because we birthed them into a society that can be so cruel and so uncivilized.The very thought of my black child venturing into this world without me silently terrorizes A lingering torment I’ve been forced to compartmentalizeBecause you see their black child could very well have been my ownEmpathy is when we grieve for their black child just like you would grieve for your own, Sometimes I look at my black child and wanna level with them,Because they were born into a system that will assassinate their character even after it has assassinated them, Forcing our Black parents to defend their black child’s legacy before they’ve even had a chance to bury them. All because they were born into a system that has mastered the art of dehumanizing them, But I gotta compartmentalize that thought awayBecause look at my black child,When they go outside and play, They dream, they dance and deduce with the magnificence of their blackness, Only to have it gentrified and de-seasoned to be made palatable for the white massesBut look at my black child,The descendant of a People this empire could never break. A People so strong that their catalog of traumas is encoded in our DNAA People who have survived everything this universe has ever thrown our way, A People for whom overcoming is no longer sufficient, we shall lead the way, They will call you lazy,When they know you work harder.They will call you ignorant Because they fear you’re smarter.They’ll call you ugly,When you are the object of their desire,They’ll call you uncivilized When they’re the barbarians at the gate of their own empire.Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-17-21 "How Long For Your Progress?"Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-16-21 | Lipservice Versus Real Action | Margorie Taylor Green Discovers the HolocaustTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-15-21 | Trauma in our DNA | The Connections that BindTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-14-21 When The System Reacts to Our Movement | Protestor Killed By Counterproster in VehicleTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-11-21 | Homophobic Terrorism 5 Years Later | White Supremacy InterruptsTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

6-10-21 | Colonizing Black Trauma | White Supremacy and and Religious HomophobiaTwice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/TheBpDShow

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From voting rights to civil rights, everything we're fighting for hinges on whether Democrats will kill the filibuster or leave democracy at the mercy of the conservative movement. Georgia Fort is On the Clock to discuss yet another case of police murder and why Democrats need to pass the "For the People" Act. We're also joined by Mary Angela Perna, Professor Harvey Kaye, and more. Rebecca and James are in the house as always to help move the conversation forward. Let's go!

On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon and Rebecca Azor: Reactionary movements across the globe are coalescing and gaining strength. This is partly because of the power of reactionary media from Fox News to Social Media. More about this in our interview with Nomiki Konst. Later, New York state senator Jabari Brisport joins us to discuss the ongoing push for universal, single-payer healthcare in New York. All that and more on Like It Or Not!

On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon and Rebecca Azor:Segment 1: Ron Desantis signs an Anti-Trans bill into law. He says that this isn't a sign to the LGBTQ community, but he signed the bill on the first day of Pride. We hear you loud and clear, DeSantis.Segment 2: Cliff Albright joins us to discuss the voter suppression attempts throughout the nation. We also take a look at the attempts that were thwarted in Texas by the Democratic walkout. Segment 3: Rebecca reviews the Naomi Osaka mental health topic, and we discuss why it seems whiteness can't extend empathy to Black people if they have the nerve to be successful.All that and more on Like It Or Not!

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*** Twice the content with NONE of the ads! Patreon.com/LikeItOrNot ***On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon and Rebecca Azor: 100 Years later: the Tulsa Race Massacre is finally getting recognized across the country and finally recognized as a massacre instead of a “riot.” Also, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has called for a Myanmar-style coup of the United States government. The Biden administration is seeking to have a lawsuit filed by protesters against the Trump administration dismissed. And Ted Cruz is Pro-Choice...for vaccines. All that and more on Like It Or Not!

What is Justice? I had a chance to hang out with my brothers over the holiday weekend and watch an episode of Star Trek TNG that discusses this topic. Hope you enjoy. We'll be back tomorrow!

** Get twice the content with none of the advertisements. Patreon.com/LikeItOrNot **On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon and Rebecca Azor: The Senate was active late through the night ahead of a vote on the proposed January 6th Commission. Arizona Republican state Senator & Majority Whip Borrelli called Mail-in Voters lazy. And we’re roasting the totally ridiculous coming from the right-wing. All that and more on Like It Or Not!

On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon and Rebecca Azor: The mother of Brian Sicknick who died after the attack on January 6th went to Capitol Hill and confronted every Senate Republican she could meet with demanding they stop blocking the independent commission. Also, AZ Republicans move to block the Democratic Secretary of State from being able to defend election lawsuits. Howard University names its school of fine arts after the late Chadwick Boseman. Finally, Elizabeth Warren smacks down the CEO of JP Morgan and Chase over overdraft fees. All that and more on Like It Or Not

On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon and Rebecca Azor: Kristen Clarke has been confirmed as the first Black woman to lead the Civil Rights department of the Department of Justice. The Manhattan District Attorney has convened a grand jury in the criminal investigation of the Trump Organization. Rand Paul has called for Republicans to leave Twitter after he was sent a suspicious powder. And the GOP’s civil war is deepening by the day. All that and more on Like It Or Not!

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*** Get twice the content with none of the commercials: Patreon.com/LikeItOrNot ***On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon: The Biden administration appears to be dropping support for student debt forgiveness, a major campaign promise from candidate Biden. Meanwhile, the administration has announced a new protective status for Haitians, protecting thousands from deportation. Also, the world is reacting to Belarus after authorities forced a commercial flight to reroute under false pretense so that a journalist could be detained. Plus is the fight over Critical Race Theory one that will define the future of the United States? All that and more on Like It Or Not!

On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon and Rebecca Azor: Even as America begins to get the pandemic under control, the United States continues to grapple with the politicization of COVID-19. CNN tried to quietly fire Rick Santorum. Also, an Illinois man is suing Springfield police over their accusation that his daughter’s ashes were drugs. And Georgia Fort joins us to discuss the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. All that and more on Like It Or Not!

*** Warning: During Nour's interview you can hear the explosion from a bomb that was dropped as we spoke. This is how drastic the situation currently is. ***On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon and Rebecca Azor: With only 35 Republicans in support of the bill, the House of Representatives passed legislation that creates a 9-11 styled commission to investigate the events of January 6th 2021. Senator Bernie Sanders makes an impassioned plea for a ceasefire in the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people. And finally, Benjamin speaks with Nour Alshaer, a pre-med student from Gaza whose pregnant cousin was killed using American weapons. All that and more on Like It Or Not!

*** Get twice the show with none of the ads -- patreon.com/LikeItOrNot ***On today's edition of Like It Or Not w/ Benjamin Dixon and Rebecca Azor: New York Attorney General Leticia James announces a criminal investigation into the Trump Organization. Also, an under-reported uprising and national strike in Colombia has turned violent with unofficial martial law in place and has been ongoing for three weeks. President Biden was confronted about the crisis in Gaza by Rep. Rashida Tlaib and met with protests while in Michigan. And Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson are going to new lengths to rewrite what happened at the Capitol on January 6th. All that and more on Like It Or Not!