Black FreeThinkers

Please join us Sunday at 10AM CST as we discuss we leadership, or the lack thereof, in the Black community. Has the current leadership failed us?  Why or why not? Is it time for the current leadership to share the roles or vacate?  It's not as though we need their permission. What type of leadership is needed in the Black community? Where do we start? Has the #Ferguson uprising ignited a kindling fire? What do we need in terms of resources?  Who are our true allies?  Have some of our trusted allies betrayed us? Where are the Democrats? Why are some wealthy Blacks telling us to stop protesting and go home? Is prayer the answer? Why is there a deafening silence in the secular community?  Why do some of these people take our loyalty for granted?  Some feel entitled to it. Is it time for a change?  What? Who? Why? Where do we go from here? Why are the Millennials so important to this paradigm shift? Let's talk about.  Open discussion.  Open chatroom this week. The dial in number is 310-982-4273 and press 1 to speak with the host.

Please join us Sunday @10AM as we discuss the unrest in #Ferguson, white supremacy, America's response, protesting offline & online, and solutions. We will have organizers from Organization for Black Struggle joining us.  They are in Ferguson assisting those in need and offering a 7 point statement that will help facilitate solutions.  They will also share with us information as to where we can send donations (financial & material). Let's be part of the solution!!! The dial-in number is 310-987-4273 to be a part of the conversation.

Mixed topics  Dial-n number is 310-982-4273 and press 1.  You can also Skype after the show begins.

Richard Carrier is a world-renowned author and speaker. As a professional historian, published philosopher, and prominent defender of the American freethought movement, Dr. Carrier has appeared across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., and on American television and London radio, defending sound historical methods and the ethical worldview of secular naturalism. With a Ph.D. from Columbia University in ancient history, he specializes in the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, particularly ancient philosophy, religion, and science, with emphasis on the origins of Christianity and the use and progress of science under the Roman empire. He is also a published expert in the modern philosophy of naturalism as a worldview. He is the author of On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt, Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus, Sense and Goodness without God, Not the Impossible Faith, Why I Am Not a Christian, and Hitler Homer Bible Christ, and a major contributor to The Empty Tomb, The Christian Delusion, and The End of Christianity, and for his copious work in history and philosophy, online and in print. He is currently working on his next books, Science Education in the Early Roman Empire and The Scientist in the Early Roman Empire. Dr. Carrier's latest book, "On the Historicity of Jesus Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt," is available here and here. Dr.Carrier is also available for speaking engagements.

We will discuss poverty pimps, crime profiteers, and more...  We will tackle a number of issues in the news as well. You can Skype into the show or call in 310-982-4273 and press 1 to speak with the hosts.

Took a little break but now we’re back, y’all! Join me and MC Brooks and our guests, Vida Starr (@VidaStarr) and Akia Black (@KittyKittyKia) as we discuss why FEMINISM IS NECESSARY. All caps, because it is so, so necessary. Tune in on Wednesday, July 9th, 2014 at 7pm-9pm CST/8pm-10pm EST and if you feel like it, call in and give us your opinion. The call in number is (310) 982-4273. You can also follow us on Twitter: @BreakbeatBFT. You can follow MC Brooks @MC_Brooks and Noa Jones @NoaAthena.  

Please join us Sunday @10AM CST so that we can discuss the foolishness that has been passing through my newsfeed and disguising itself as news.  We will talk about the good news too National HIV Testing Day Social Justice/Intersectionality in the Atheist community. Umar Johnson and his quest to create mini-him's. Republicans suing President Obama Google givine away free coding instruction to women and minorities. 100,000 poor children being taught to code

Please join us Sunday @10AM CST as we discuss losing our religion part 3.  This is the third episode of a three part series in which we explore how we identified, shed, and grew from leaving the fold of religion.  We will discuss how we benefitted from our growth in freethought and humanism.  We will discuss how shedding the cloak of religion allowed us to view life, love, and freedom from a much broader perspective. Please join us for this very important topic.  You can dial 310-982-4273 and press 1 to speak with the hosts.  You can also Skype into the show.

Please join us Sunday @10AM CST as we discuss losing our religion part 2.  This is the second of a three part series in which we explore how we identified, shed, and grew from leaving the fold of religion.  We will discuss how we overcame many obstacles, took control of our lives, and let go of religion. Please join us for this very important topic.  You can dial 310-982-4273 and press 1 to speak with the hosts.  You can also Skype into the show.

Please join us Sunday, May 25, 2014 as we welcome Dr. Jeffery B. Perry to Black FreeThinkers. We will discuss Hubert Henry Harrison who is considered the Black Socrates.  Harrison is also know for his radical humanism, oratorical skills, and influence. "The Invention of the White Race" by Theodore W. Allen, especially Vol. II: "The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America"."When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, there were no 'white' people there; nor, according to the colonial records, would there be for another sixty years." Theodore W. Allen Theodore W. Allen's "The Invention of the White Race," with its focus on racial oppression and social control, is one of the twentieth-century's major contributions to historical understanding. This two-volume classic (Vol. 1: "Racial Oppression and Social Control" and Vol. 2: "The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America") details how the "white race" was invented as a ruling-class social control formation and a system of racial oppression was imposed in response to labor solidarity in the wake of Bacon's Rebellion (1676-77), how the "white race" was created and maintained through "white race" privileges conferred on laboring class European-Americans relative to African-Americans, how these privileges were not in the interest of African-Americans or laboring class European-Americans, and how the "white race" has been the principal historic guarantor of ruling-class domination in America.

Join MC Brooks and Noa Jones as they discuss a variety of topics in popculture. On this week's edition, they will discuss Michael Sams draft, his docuseries on OWN, Don Sterling, the death penalty, inclusivity in hip hop and much more. They will be joined by Vida Starr of On Blast w/ Vida Starr. Tune in this wednesday at 8pm EST. Use the hashtag #BreakbeatBFT to participate on twitter.

Please join us Sunday @10AM CST as we discuss losing our religion.  This is the first of a three part series in which we explore how we identified, shed, and grew from leaving the fold of religion.  We will discuss how religion uses fear, guilt, silence and shame to keep the masses under its control. Please join us for this very important topic.  You can dial 310-982-4273 and press 1 to speak with the hosts.  You can also Skype into the show.

Please join Alfred, Karl, and Kim Friday evening as we discuss a variety of issues and topics. The complexities of being LGBTQ in the black community. Homophobia in the black community.  The black community should NOT bear the burden of being labeled homophobic.  This is primarily a tactic that is being used to divert attention from the systemic racism in the LGBTQ community.  The black community is being scapegoated. There is homophobia in the black religious community that needs to be addressed and called out. There is homophobia in the black secular community that needs to be addressed and called out. Same gender loving athletes should NOT be publicly shamed for being themselves. Critical analysis of "God's Not Dead." Is there any validity in Don Sterling's assessment of wealthy blacks not doing enough for the black community? ""Jews, when they get successful, they will help their people. And some of the African-Americans, maybe I'll get in trouble again, they don't want to help anybody," Sterling told interviewer Anderson Cooper on Monday. " What say you?

****THERE WERE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES FOR THE FIRST 20 MINS OR SO. PLEASE SKIP PAST THIS. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS AND THE SOUND QUALITY. IT AIN'T OUR FAULT!!!*** The Dynamite Duo is back in full force this week with a show sure to set tongues wagging. Join us as we discuss black films you may have loved and some you hated...and stay as we share that love or completely rip it to shreds. Oh yes, there will be hating. No film is too sacred to not be eviserated.  Does Tyler Perry really suck as much as we think? Hmm Friday May 09, 2014 As ususal our call in number is 310-982-4273 Call in if you wish.

Please join us Monday, May 5, 2014 @5PM PST/7PM CST/8PM EST as we discuss the crisis in Nigeria. Over 200 young girls were kidnapped from their homes in the middle of the night. There has been little to none media coverage of this atrocity and this needs to be addressed immediately.  Our special guests will discuss the political and international implications of this tragedy. Dr. Anthea Butler, Teka Lark, and Dr. Kamela Heyward-Rotimi will join us to discuss this very important situation that demands our attention.